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Roc360 Expands its Leading Portfolio of Brands with Acquisition of Finance of America Commercial Through Asset Sale

March 14, 2023 Caroline Vega

NEW YORK, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Roc Capital Holdings LLC (“Roc360”), a vertically integrated platform for residential real estate investors and a leading originator of business purpose loans nationwide, today announced it has […]

Your Personal Brand Is Today’s Business Card by Bob Knakal

June 13, 2026

By Bob Knakal For most of my forty-two years in the real estate brokerage business, a business card was one of the most important tools a professional could possess. You carried them everywhere. You handed [...]
$520,659 For Family, Small Business Loans: St. Helens credit union to share funding

October 4, 2022

Three Oregon credit unions, including InRoads in St. Helens, will receive a total of $520,659 in federal dollars to support small loans to families and businesses. The funding is coming from the U.S. Department [...]
Dayton to invest $7M in ‘first floor’ small businesses

October 4, 2022

DAYTON, Ohio — The City of Dayton is using $7 million in pandemic recovery funds to help entrepreneurs start or expand restaurants, salons and other street-level small businesses in neighborhood commercial areas. What You [...]
First Bank expands commercial lending capabilities (updated)

October 4, 2022

First Bank is offering new options for commercial lending, the community bank announced Sept. 28, with the addition of servicing for private equity funds. The Hamilton-based institution said it offers capital call lines of [...]
FoA plans to sell retail division to Guaranteed Rate, close wholesale channel: sources

October 4, 2022

Amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades, multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) plans to sell its retail mortgage division and shut down its forward wholesale channel, multiple sources told HousingWire. According to [...]

Ashkenazy, Brookfield’s Distressed SF Building Loses 40% of Value

May 9, 2024

A new appraisal on Brookfield Properties and Ashkenazy Acquisition’s distressed One Union Square building in San Francisco shows a 40 percent drop in value — and that may not include the imminent departure of one [...]
Opinion | Two reasons Republicans might turn on Mitch McConnell

June 7, 2024

Democrats have long abhorred Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for the many ways he has bedeviled them, but the gravest threat to his leadership is now coming from inside his own party. On two [...]
East End Studios Seals $130M Construction Loan for LA Production Space – Commercial Observer

June 17, 2024

How do you get a lighting operator to work for free? Tell him to do it for exposure. What does it take to build a production studio in Downtown Los Angeles? About $230 million and [...]
$520,659 For Family, Small Business Loans: St. Helens credit union to share funding

October 4, 2022

Three Oregon credit unions, including InRoads in St. Helens, will receive a total of $520,659 in federal dollars to support small loans to families and businesses. The funding is coming from the U.S. Department [...]
Real Estate’s Got Talent – Commercial Observer

May 18, 2024

“If you start me up, I’ll never stop,” sang Mick Jagger in a 1981 Rolling Stones hit. Jagger turned 80 in 2023, and, far from slowing down, he turned his lissome frame loose on another [...]