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[ June 13, 2026 ] Your Personal Brand Is Today’s Business Card by Bob Knakal Editor's Picks
[ February 24, 2026 ] This 120 Year Old Dallas Building Just Became the Most Exciting Spot in Downtown – Here’s Why Commercial Real Estate
[ February 19, 2026 ] Capital One’s commercial bank zeroes in on middle market Commercial Lending Update
[ 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

Insights from the Car Wash Show

September 20, 2024 Caroline Vega

Key Take Aways from The Car Wash Show – Nashville 2024 The car wash industry is experiencing shifts in consumer preferences towards professional services and express models, improved labor efficiency due to subscription models, and […]

Ashland OH Industrial Real Estate Value

September 18, 2024 Caroline Vega

Maximizing Industrial Property Value in Ohio’s Heartland In the competitive landscape of commercial real estate, identifying opportunities for value creation is paramount. M Square Commercial (MSC) recently demonstrated its expertise in industrial land brokerage by […]

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 [...]

UT’s loans in less than 48 hours saved many businesses from collapse – Amoabeng

October 5, 2022

The Chairman of UT Holdings, Captain Prince Kofi Amoabeng (Rtd.), has indicated that the erstwhile UT Bank saved a lot of businesses especially, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from collapse with its loan in [...]
A Ticking Time Bomb for US Banks

May 28, 2024

1 By Samantha Barnes, International Banker The global commercial real estate (CRE) sector is now under severe pressure as interest rates remain elevated across much of the world. This is no more apparent or [...]
U.S. Commercial Mortgage Debt Continued to Rise in 2023, Hits $4.7 Trillion

March 15, 2024

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest U.S. Commercial / Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding quarterly report, the level of commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding at the end of 2023 was $130 billion (2.8 percent) [...]
Signature Bank’s Former CRE Head Joseph Fingerman Joins A&E

April 27, 2024

Signature Bank’s former head of commercial real estate lending is jumping to Douglas Eisenberg’s A&E Real Estate to launch a lending platform. Joseph Fingerman will lead a team of about 20 people, including other former [...]
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 [...]