CRE

Delinquencies on non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans ticked up in the first quarter after years of steady declines. Some are shrugging off the increase, saying it was expected given the strong demand for CRE loans, but others say there's good reason to be concerned.

There's been plenty of speculation about insurance companies crowding out commercial mortgage bond investors this year.

Small-business lenders are scrambling for financing to accommodate a possible real-estate-related borrowing surge once a key federal rule change takes effect next week.

An executive from Regions Financial said recently that his bank plans to pad fee income by expanding into syndication of low-income housing credits. The comment shed light on an increasingly competitive business — and reminded the world again how eager banks are for even incremental boosts to revenue.

BentleyForbes once owned such renowned properties as the Watergate in Washington and Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta's tallest skyscraper. Now the company is on the verge of vanishing.

Miami’s crop of new condo towers, built with big deposits from Latin American buyers and lots of marketing glitz, are opening with many owners heading for the exits.

The stock price of CBL & Associates Properties Inc. sank 13% in early trading after a published report said the U.S. retail landlord is being investigated for accounting fraud.

Paramount Group is closing a real estate debt fund that has $775 million in commitments.

Ares Capital, the publicly traded lender managed by alternative-investment firm Ares Management, will acquire American Capital Ltd. in a deal valued at $3.4 billion.

New York luxury-condo builder Extell Development Co. says it’s taking longer than expected to obtain construction financing for its One Manhattan Square project as lenders pull back from the market.

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup each have filed for new commercial-backed mortgage securitizations this week.

Commercial real estate executives remain upbeat about their prospects for 2016, though they do see some potential hurdles on the horizon, according to CIT Group's 2016 Commercial Real Estate Outlook survey.

Property valuations for specially serviced U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities have dipped, according to Fitch Ratings.

Greystone, a commercial real estate lending, investment and advisory company, is adding two executives to a mortgage bond lending team.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Wednesday it had raised a cap on the amount of multifamily loans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy from lenders, boosting it to $35 billion effective immediately.

At least one banker has gone public with expectations that the OCC will force his institution to hold more capital. More could soon follow.

Blackstone Group, with real estate assets that have surpassed $100 billion, is considering tapping individual investors as it expands its push into owning high-quality buildings with steady income streams.

People's United Financial in Bridgeport, Conn., reported higher first-quarter profits as it increased lending for both commercial and residential real estate.

Competitive pricing and softening demand at the high end of the apartment- and condo-building market had executives at BankUnited, Signature and New York Community answering tough questions about their growth projections and diversification strategies.

Two St. Louis-area investors have been indicted on charges they defrauded the failed Excel Bank on real estate loans.