CRE

Faster apartment building was instrumental in pulling the U.S. housing market out of its slump a decade ago. Now, that engine is starting to throttle back.

Benefit Street Partners is securitizing 20 short-term commercial real estate loans it originated or acquired for transitional properties currently with unstable cash flow.

A bill that would ease Basel III capital requirements on commercial real estate loans could level the playing field between depository and nonbank lenders and spur more construction lending if it passes in the Senate.

The supply-demand outlook in commercial real estate markets took a slight dip nationwide for the first time since early 2016 and financing for some CRE property types is getting more difficult to arrange.

Commercial and multifamily originations are projected to surpass the 2007 market peak this year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

With online retailers beginning to challenge the dominance of brick-and-mortar grocery stores, CRE loans to strip mails anchored by them look riskier.

The $36.3 billion-asset bank reported double-digit growth in C&I loans, commercial real estate loans and specialty loans to the private-equity, entertainment and energy industries in the third quarter.

In the San Fernando Valley, outside Los Angeles, there are plans to level a nearly vacant mall and replace it with some 1,400 homes, boutique retail shops and a concert venue.

The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act was created after 9/11 to serve as a crucial federal backstop for commercial real estate insurers, but an analysis of alternatives to fund the program reveals the continued challenges of measuring and predicting terror risk.

A program designed to let Dayton, Ohio residents acquire vacant lots to turn into sideyards has grown into a popular way for private investors and home-seekers to obtain cheap property.

Armada Analytics, a commercial real estate underwriting and asset management services provider, acquired Anabranch Flood, a provider of flood risk assessment services.

The legal logjam involving a pair of distressed properties in Garfield Heights, Ohio is starting to clear, after more than eight years of litigation and stagnation.

Kidder Matthews, the top commercial real estate firm on the West Coast, is being sued by a former employee who alleges its brokers engaged in a scheme to defraud property owners and that higher ups knew about it and did nothing.

Houston’s hotel market, already the worst-performing in the U.S., is poised to take a further beating from Hurricane Harvey as the natural disaster creates chaos in a city that’s been reeling from low oil prices for the past three years.

Google's effort to acquire a broad swath of downtown San Jose properties for a massive new tech campus is triggering a sharp jump in selling prices for commercial real estate in the area.

The family-owned real estate group affiliate has committed a significant amount of capital to growing the finance and investment side of the organization, which includes balance sheet lending.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a proposal Wednesday that would raise the appraisal threshold for CRE loans to $400,000 from $250,000.

Lenders say they are eager to reduce their exposure to CRE, but an examination of recent deals shows just how hard that can be.

The New York City Council voted to rezone about 78 blocks of east Midtown Manhattan, enabling an aging building stock to be replaced by newer, larger and taller office towers.

The 1999 Avenue of the Stars tower in the Century City submarket is part of a second Goldman Sachs CMBS transaction, and is the largest loan in the new 2017-GS7 portfolio.