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National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2003
Kathleen Fitzpatrick |
Mezz Debt Is a Magnet for Borrowers and Lenders The combination of historically low interest rates and tighter underwriting standards on senior loans has made mezzanine debt highly attractive to borrowers. But with lenders tripping over each other to woo customers, returns are shrinking.   |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2003
Simpson & Simpson |
Cap Rate Follies Avoid these pitfalls when calculating commercial property values |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2004
Norman Miller |
Assessing Risk To deal with risk effectively, investors must know how to determine and manage its causes, as well as how to mitigate problems or shift risk to third parties, such as other brokers, sellers, tenants, or insurance companies. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2003
Thomas Jaekel |
Low Rates Help Insulate Commercial Markets From Unstable Economy Slower growth is an indication of the market's discipline and bodes well for the commercial real estate industry in light of an unpredictable economy. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2009
Garfield & VanEck |
Cap Rate Calculations How do investors determine the return on their real estate investments in an unsteady market? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2003 |
Ready for the Re Lender restraint helps keep markets stable. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Cut Your Borrowing Costs When you're looking to borrow money, always look into how much you can save by financing a little bit less. The savings from making even a small down payment will often pay dividends for years to come. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2005
Joe Gose |
Lenders Draw Up Plays to Land Big Deals Aggressive. Innovative. Creative. Those are all fitting words to describe today's lenders as they stretch underwriting terms in ways that were unheard of just two years ago. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
Mesmerized by Mezzanine Mezzanine lending for commercial real estate is exploding. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
Are Borrowers Over-Leveraged? The central question is whether the low capitalization rates generating today's high property values and loan amounts are temporary or will be around for at least the next decade, when those loans will roll over and require new financing. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2003
Len Deering |
Multifamily Property Owners Benefit From Competitive Financing Soft occupancies force lenders to be more creative in competing for multifamily loans. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2004
Brown & Weiss |
The Money Race Borrowers benefit as lenders chase commercial property deals. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2006
Joseph Mardesich |
Looking for Leverage Here is how to help clients determine funding sources for small multifamily investments. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2004
Richard Gibbons |
Kimco's Dough Grows The strengthening economy poses risks to the REIT. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Equity Inns Still Booked Solid The lodging industry is still booming, and lack of supply is helping. This REIT looks to be a solid candidate for dividend growth and capital gains. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2011
David F. Webb |
The Lending Scene Commercial mortgage-backed securities' return brightens the picture in primary markets. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2003
Christopher Carroll |
Understanding Today's Underwriting Criteria Makes Refinancing Easier With historically low interest rates still available, many property owners are seeking to refinance their loans. However, they should be aware that today's lenders underwrite real estate values far differently than in the past by using a relatively new set of cash flow adjustments. |
Entrepreneur
February 2006
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
On Good Terms With short-term interest rates going up, now's the time for small businesses to trim financing costs by cutting back on adjustable-rate loans. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2004
Barnhill & Mazyck |
VRDN Value Underwriters have addressed these problems successfully and now offer small commercial real estate borrowers below-prime-rate financing through variable rate demand notes. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2013
Jeffrey M. Goodman |
A Bridge to Success Interim loans can span the multifamily lending gap. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2006 |
The Lure of Low Rates Despite more than a dozen hikes in the federal funds rate in the past 18 months and consensus among industry experts that the 10-year Treasury yield is poised to climb, borrower attitudes reveal an unflappable demand for commercial real estate debt. |
Entrepreneur
May 2006
David Worrell |
Sound Structure There are plenty of strategies you can use to fund your business's growth. The trick is picking the one that suits your company best. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2005
John Hosmer |
Defeasance Decision Checklist Loan defeasance is an option for many commercial real estate owners. The following checklist can help property owners when making a defeasance decision. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2009
James R. Kirkpatrick |
Multifamily Federal Financing Guide In this economy, commercial real estate markets are faced with de-leveraging and all that goes with it. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Michael Fickes |
State of the Industry The publicly traded real estate industry has weathered the first economic recession of the modern REIT era. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2005
Marc A. Boorstein |
Self-Storage Fills Up REIT investors lock in solid returns with this niche product. However, while the self-storage segment continues to prosper, capital can retreat from the market as swiftly as it entered. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2005 |
Insatiable Appetite For Debt Financing The prospect of higher interest rates shows no sign of dampening borrower demand for commercial real estate debt, according to an exclusive survey of more than 400 developers and owners conducted by National Real Estate Investor. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
Year of the Mega Loan Large loans and mushrooming CMBS issuance drove commercial real estate financing levels to an all-time high last year, but lenders say a slowing pace of transactions could temper loan volume as 2006 unfurls. |
Entrepreneur
May 2006
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Playing House With interest rates rising and the surge in home prices slowing down, It's time to rethink how you play the financing game. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2003
Barnhill & McCune |
The Self-Storage Transformation Once overlooked, this specialty property now is packed with opportunities. |
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2005 |
Q & A David St. Pierre, president of Legacy Capital Partners, talks about his idea to create a private equity fund focusing on investment for the long-term and the opportunity to bring developers a capital source consistent with their strategy. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2006
Spencer Garfield |
The Lending Landscape Buyers must learn to navigate a changing course to finance commercial real estate deals this year. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2004
Beth Mattson-Teig |
A Crowded Net-Lease Market Heightened competition in the net-lease arena is prompting investors to dig deeper to uncover viable investment opportunities. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2004
Thomas Jaekel |
Wait and See Commercial real estate capital market activity hinges on interest rates and job growth. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2007
Joe Mardesich |
Deliver the Details Maintaining accurate records can help commercial property owners obtain the best financing. Many failed transactions result from property owners who lack knowledge about the types of records underwriters need to provide requested financing amounts. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2006
Beth Mattson-Teig |
Encore Performance? Mortgage bankers are hoping that 2006 will be a repeat performance of 2005 -- a phenomenal year for commercial and multifamily mortgage originations. But whether those expectations materialize depends largely on interest rates. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Equity Inns Still Booked Solid The lodging industry is still booming, and lack of supply is helping. The third-largest hotel REIT is a company that will offer a compelling return in the long term. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2009
Samuel A. Gillespie |
Money Magnets Today's distressed real estate assets are attracting well-capitalized investors. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2005
Andrew Stewart |
7 Real Estate Finance Myths Unveiled Discover the market factors that really are influencing today's real estate transactions. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2003
Michael Fickes |
Going Rates for Real Estate Cap rates have held despite weakening fundamentals, but how will rates be impacted in the second half of 2003 and what will that mean for shareholders? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2006
Stanley D. Longhofer |
The Rate Debate Interest rate analyses provide unique perspectives on financing commercial real estate investments. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2004
Anthony Downs |
Six Ramifications of Higher Interest Rates Some market inefficiencies will occur, enabling opportunity investors to make deals. But conditions in real estate markets eventually will arrive at a new point of stability concerning interest rates, levels of activity and prices. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2002
Anthony Carrick |
Q&A with Christopher Niehaus Christopher J. Niehaus, managing director and head of Morgan Stanley's North American Real Estate Investment Group, shares his thoughts on the capital markets for publicly traded real estate and the industry as a whole. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Towards Greater Transparency in Real Estate Private Equity Funds An innocuously titled paper, "Real Estate Private Equity Funds," is forcing real estate companies to take a hard look at greater transparency and standardization in their disclosures and also to work towards establishing performance benchmarks. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2006
Kenneth P. Riggs |
Changing Conditions The U.S. economy, while remaining relatively strong, is facing greater challenges than it has seen in more than two decades. Understanding commercial real estate's shifting dynamics is the key to success this year. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2005
Mark T. Samples |
The Perfect Storm Today's economy creates favorable conditions for sale-leaseback sellers. |
Investment Advisor
November 2005
David J. Huber |
The IA Soapbox: Is Real Estate Going Ka-Boom? As with any bubble, there will be plenty of opportunity for those that are patient and prudent. Real estate investors, look before you leap. Investing is different than speculating. Advisors need to remind their clients to adhere to the lessons learned from the tech bubble. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2013
Eric B. Garfield |
Cap Rate Calculations Today Lenders and investors see ROI differently. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2006
Beth Mattson-Teig |
Hands-Free Investments Non-direct real estate investment choices run the gamut from tenancy-in-common interests and real estate investment trusts to net-lease properties and mutual funds. Today's commercial real estate clients seek high-quality, no-hassle deals. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2003 |
Greenwich Capital Refinances LA Trophy Towers for $510M Los Angeles' landmark tower U.S Bank Tower and the Wells Fargo Tower have been refinanced by two loans totaling $510 million. RBS Greenwich Capital's Real Estate Finance Group made the two loans to Maguire Partners, owner of the buildings. The loans were designed to refinance previous loans on the trophy properties. |
