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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 [...]

CRE Lending Volumes Increased 45% Year Over Year in Q2: CBRE – Commercial Observer

February 15, 2026

In an uncertain economy, commercial real estate lending has rebounded in a big way in 2025. A new report from CBRE found that the volume of the firm’s internal United States commercial real estate loan [...]
Newmark Arranges $535.8 Million Acquisition and Redevelopment Financing for US’ Largest Ever Office-to-Residential Conversion

January 3, 2023

NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Newmark has arranged a $535.8 million loan on behalf of GFP Real Estate (“GFP”), Metro Loft Management and Rockwood Capital for the acquisition and redevelopment of 25 Water [...]
601W’s Mark Karasick Talks Office Loan Extension Haggles

December 13, 2023

Mark Karasick’s 601W Companies punched another ticket to safety from the Chicago office market’s fallout — he hopes. By bringing in $21 million in new equity raised from investors, the New York-based landlord of some [...]
US banks prepare for losses in rush for commercial property exit

June 11, 2023

Some US banks are preparing to sell off property loans at a discount even when borrowers are up to date on repayments, a sign of their determination to reduce exposure to the teetering commercial real [...]
Can Rithm’s consumer loan buy help with mortgage lending?

July 21, 2023

While Rithm Capital’s purchase of $1.4 billion of consumer loans from Goldman Sachs will assist with its diversification efforts, it can also help its mortgage lending business, a BTIG report said. The price paid was [...]