Commercial mortgages

The removal of costly appraisal requirements on tens of thousands of smaller commercial properties could help community banks better compete for loans they say they have been losing to nonbank lenders.

Plans for a West Palm Beach, Fla. development with micro-condominiums, affordable apartments, offices, a grocery and a park, have collapsed over city commissioner concerns the developer couldn't make it happen.

The $826.6 million transaction, GPMT 2018-1, represents about two-fifths of the $2.4 billion portfolio of the REIT, which was spun out of Two Harbors Investment last year.

TriStar Bank in Tennessee says a shortage of appraisers is slowing down its commercial real estate lending and raising the cost of appraisals. The claim has outraged appraisers, who argue that the bank is simply trying to avoid paying their fees.

From mixed messages about enforcement to complexities about which loans have to be reported, here's a look at five pitfalls to avoid when adjusting to the new HMDA compliance requirements.

Nonbanks are originating more commercial mortgages on fixer-uppers in response to a sharp drop in the cost of funding in the securitization market. These deals are said to be "vastly different" than other CRE instruments that sustained big losses in the crisis — so far.

Commercial banks typically compete with CMBS, but this Delaware state chartered bank is securitizing 30 floating-rate loans secured by 35 apartment complexes, retail and office buildings.

Growing competition may prompt commercial mortgage-backed securities issuers to accept higher loan-to-value ratios in their deals.

Rising rents across the country suggest the homebuyer pool could get even bigger at a time when demand in the housing market is already far outpacing supply. Here's a look at 12 cities where that trend is strongest.

The Trepp CMBS Delinquency Rate for U.S. commercial real estate loans in CMBS is now 4.83%, a decrease of six basis points from the December level.