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[ January 14, 2026 ] U.S. Commercial Mortgage Debt Climbs Toward $5 Trillion Commercial Lending Update
[ January 12, 2026 ] Lower Interest Rates and the Industrial Real Estate Advantage Commercial Real Estate
[ January 10, 2026 ] Jennings Facilitates ABRR Enterprises’ Acquisition of Strategic Office Asset in Hadley, MA Commercial Real Estate
[ January 10, 2026 ] American Riviera Bank Expands with Lending Center in Ventura Commercial Lending Update
[ January 8, 2026 ] BKREA Releases a 41-Year Manhattan Land Index, Here’s What’s Inside Commercial Real Estate

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 […]

U.S. Commercial Mortgage Debt Climbs Toward $5 Trillion

January 14, 2026

Email Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter U.S. commercial and multifamily mortgage balances expanded again in the third quarter of 2025, underscoring the resilience of apartment finance even as broader real estate markets contend [...]
$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 [...]

Republic Bank unveils new commercial loan features

September 28, 2024

Business Shweta Sharma 4 Hrs Ago Republic bank vice-president P Vic Salickram. – Photo courtesy Republic Bank. Republic Bank has scaled up its commercial loan offerings, aimed at providing greater financial support to businesses of [...]
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES DEWOLFE H. MILLER III AS CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOMER AFFAIRS

July 9, 2024

“Chip joins our team after more than 30 years of distinguished service in the U.S. Navy,” Waldman said. “His extensive naval career provides him with a vast understanding and a wealth knowledge of our portfolio, [...]
Eastern Union Closed Loans from 121 Lenders Across America in 2024

January 2, 2025

Brokerage Secured Commercial Mortgages in 33 States Last Year NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In a market beset with stubbornly high interest rates, Eastern Union — one of America’s largest commercial real estate [...]
A credit crunch could be coming. Here’s what that could mean for getting a loan

April 23, 2023

A credit crunch might be on its way. Signs of banks tightening credit have already popped up in recent months as the Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates to the highest level in more than [...]
WaFd sheds 8% of staff with mortgage exit

January 30, 2025

Dive Brief: WaFd Bank is exiting the single-family mortgage lending business, spurring an 8% reduction in the lender’s workforce, the Seattle-based bank said Thursday. The job cuts affect 174 employees, based on a headcount of [...]