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A foreclosure by Licking County on the basket-shaped headquarters of the Longaberger Co. is imminent

Expect to see plenty of grand openings at apartment communities across South Florida this year.

Goldman Sachs is selling $1.02 billion of bonds refinancing the Blackstone Group's acquisition of the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower.

Wall Street speculators are zeroing in on the next U.S. credit crisis: the mall.

Vacancies and rent-slashing have some banks worried that certain markets are overheating, but others say the decline in nonperforming loans is a sign the sector has never been healthier.

The bank is holding on to $31.7 million of the notes to be issued in the $635 million conduit transaction in order to comply with risk retention rules, according to ratings agency presale reports.

Commercial mortgage loan originations in 2017 are expected to increase 3% over last year to a record high, as market fundamentals and property prices remain strong, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Freddie Mac is ramping up its use of credit risk transfers, completing $215 billion in single-family transfers last year, up to $600 billion since 2013.

Jared Kushner relinquished control of his family's multibillion-dollar real estate business in January to eliminate conflicts of interest when he became a top White House adviser to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump.

Analysts at Deutsche Bank, one of the biggest underwriters of bonds tied to U.S. commercial real estate, say now it's time to short indexes of the securities.

Corporate borrowers aren't ready just yet to pull the trigger on multimillion-dollar loans to buy fleets of trucks or scads of new inventory despite excitement about a more business-friendly Washington, lenders cautioned.

Joseph Ficalora, New York Community's CEO, told analysts that his company could still have a chance to buy Astoria "down the road."

A number of banks are tapping the brakes on commercial real estate lending, giving others an opportunity to make more loans at better terms.

SL Green Realty Corp. is tapping the securitization market to refinance 485 Lexington Ave., a 32-story office building in Midtown Manhattan.

Commercial real estate finance company Walker & Dunlop has acquired Deerwood Real Estate Capital, a commercial mortgage brokerage and advisory firm.

The New York company may struggle with profitability as it decides whether to find a new buyer.

Profits at Astoria Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., fell along with net interest income in the fourth quarter.

Umpqua Holdings in Portland, Ore., reported an increase in profits, as a spike in fees compensated for lower interest income.

The phrase "it is what it is" came up several times as CEO Joseph Ficalora addressed analysts' questions about nixing plans to buy Astoria and the challenges of getting another deal done.

A $90 billion wave of maturing commercial mortgages, leftover debt from the 2007 lending boom, is laying bare the weak links in the U.S. real estate market.