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[ February 15, 2026 ] CRE Lending Volumes Increased 45% Year Over Year in Q2: CBRE – Commercial Observer Commercial Lending Update
[ February 11, 2026 ] Commercial Lending in the U.S. Surges 30 Percent in Late 2025 Commercial Lending Update

What Upper Darby’s 69th Street District Reveals About the Future of Retail Corridors

April 24, 2025 Caroline Vega

Not every retail story centers on distress. Some corridors evolve quietly, blending strategic repositioning with organic tenant growth. The 69th Street District in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, owned by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation, offers a compelling example. […]

Mortgage REITs Are Making A Comeback

April 5, 2024 Caroline Vega

After a long bear market, mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs) are apparently making a comeback. Eight of the 12 best-performing REITs over the last five trading days have been mREITs. Four of the mREITs […]

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 [...]

Q&A: ‘Reckoning is coming’ for commercial real estate

June 3, 2023

Commercial real estate veteran Bill Katter recently began writing a new chapter in his career after 18 years with United Properties, a gig that found him working on the $450 million RBC Gateway development in [...]
Nissan submits application to form bank for ‘long-term investment in the US market’

June 28, 2025

SALT LAKE CITY (WKRC) – Nissan has submitted an application to form a bank in the United States. Nissan Motor Acceptance Company (NMAC), the financial services arm of Nissan North America, has applied to the [...]
Commercial Lending Software Structures – Insights & Trends | Global Banking & Finance Review

February 3, 2026

Commercial lending has always been complex, involving multiple stakeholders and varying risk profiles. As consumer and regulator expectations around speed and transparency have grown, the software supporting commercial lending has had to evolve just as [...]
Invesco Commercial Real Estate Finance Trust Closes $1.2B Inaugural CRE CLO – Commercial Observer

May 23, 2025

A real estate investment trust (REIT) is officially saying “hello” to CLOs. Invesco Commercial Real Estate Finance Trust (INCREF) just closed its very first commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation (CRE CLO), Commercial Observer can [...]
Commercial Bank holds discussion on ‘Wealth Management, Zero Mortgage Loan’

May 4, 2024

Commercial Bank, a leader in innovative digital banking solutions in Qatar, held a discussion on the new ‘Zero Mortgage Loan’ campaign and ‘Wealth Management’ at Commercial Bank’s Premium Banking Wakrah Lounge recently, to “empower individuals [...]