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[ 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 [...]

Workspace Property Trust Secures Refinancing on $1.3B CMBS Loan Portfolio – Commercial Observer

July 5, 2023

The nation’s preeminent developer of suburban commercial office space has modified and extended a $1.3 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) facility for a nearly 10 million-square-foot real estate portfolio, Commercial Observer has learned. Workspace Property [...]
Dorr Capital Corporation, 240% revenue growth over 3 years,

October 7, 2022

TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dorr Capital Corporation, parent company to RealAlt® investments, is pleased to announce it has been recognized in the 2022 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing [...]
‘Lending money with a mission:’ Venture North boosts small business in region | Local News

July 14, 2024

TRAVERSE CITY — Small business owner Jody Hayden needed a loan for an unusual purchase. Instead of buying a case of chocolate bars for her Empire store, she needed 27,000 pounds of the sweet confectionary [...]
Regions keeps costs in check as loan growth proves elusive

January 18, 2025

Regions Financial said it could grow its overall loans by 1% this year. Gary Tramontina Regions Financial in Birmingham, Alabama, said that commercial lending should rise in the year ahead, while consumers and property owners [...]
Multifamily Delinquencies Climb Amid Worsening CRE Loan Performance

July 10, 2025

At the same time, delinquencies in core CRE loans are on the rise. In total, they reached $31.4 billion in the first quarter, representing a 1.70% overall delinquency rate. Of this amount, $25.1 billion—about 80%—are [...]