Commercial Lending Update

US commercial real estate prices are enduring one of the sharpest drop-offs in the last half-century, easily topping losses seen in previous rate-hike cycles, the International Monetary Fund said. Since the Federal Reserve’s first interest […]

Live Oak Bank, a Wilmington, North Carolina bank that lends to small businesses, used to turn down requests for loans of less than $350,000, because of the time it took to underwrite them.  “We just […]

Kayne Anderson BDC Inc., a business development company externally managed by its investment adviser, KA Credit Advisors LLC, which is an affiliate of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, announced an investment in SG Credit Partners […]

Starwood Property Trust’s second quarter earnings exceeded analyst estimates powered by growth in its infrastructure lending business. The mortgage real estate investment trust reported second quarter net income of $129.8 million, up 66 percent from […]

Scott Waynebern’s Midtown South Manhattan office serves as an homage to his commercial real estate finance journey — up to and including the launch eight years ago of multifamily lender MF1 as a joint venture […]

Commercial real estate is a big investment. That’s why locking in the best rate for your loan matters. Even a small difference in interest rates can have a big impact on monthly payments and your […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — First US Bank is proud to announce that Scott Cox has joined the Bank as its Senior Commercial Lending Executive. Cox is a highly accomplished commercial banker, bringing […]

While 2024 was a slow year for borrower demand — as election-related uncertainty and high interest rates put pressure on lenders’ commercial clients — the top-performing banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of […]

A slump in short-term credit flows to US businesses is underscoring growing risks to the world’s largest economy, according to one economist. Total commercial and industrial (C&I) lending shrank 1% year-to-date, compared with a 9.3% […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (press release) — Cardinal Capital, a boutique commercial finance advisory firm based in Baton Rouge, says the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is no longer just a Silicon Valley story—it’s reshaping the energy […]