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[ August 19, 2025 ] Huntington, Live Oak to invest in, deploy gen AI-based lending Commercial Lending Update
[ August 18, 2025 ] Why Tenant Retention Should Be a Top Priority Commercial Real Estate
[ August 15, 2025 ] Kayne Anderson BDC Invests in SG Credit Partners Commercial Lending Update
[ August 12, 2025 ] The Advantage of Multi-Tenant Properties Commercial Real Estate
[ August 11, 2025 ] Starwood Q2 Earnings Top Estimates With Record Infrastructure Lending – Commercial Observer 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 […]

Huntington, Live Oak to invest in, deploy gen AI-based lending

August 19, 2025

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 [...]
$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 [...]

FDIC: Office loans, nonbank financing, cybersecurity are top bank risks

August 14, 2023

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued its annual risk report Monday, highlighting risks in commercial real estate, nonbank lending and cybersecurity as leading sources of instability for the banking system. The report also noted cryptocurrency [...]
Report says commercial real estate has a bright future ahead

October 4, 2022

The commercial sector is expected to see strong growth despite inflation US commercial real estate lending (CRE) is forecast to grow even bigger despite the slow-burning housing crisis driven by rampant inflation. A new [...]
Weekly mortgage rates tumble. What to know about refinancing.

August 11, 2024

Holden Lewis NerdWallet Mortgage rates plunged in the week ending Aug. 8 to their lowest since February 2023. The rapid decrease is likely to set off a wave of refinancing. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage plummeted [...]
Top California Lender, LLC Closes $70 Million Loan for Multifamily Acquisition

June 4, 2025

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Top California Lender, a leading private lender specializing in commercial lending, is proud to announce the successful closing of a $70 million loan to finance the [...]
Chris McDermott Joins Meridian Bank as SVP, Commercial Lending

May 12, 2024

MALVERN, Pa., May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Meridian Bank announced the appointment of Christopher E. McDermott to the position of Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending. He’ll join other members of the Meridian Commercial Lending [...]