Economy

The Tri-COG Land Bank, a multicommunity effort to get abandoned and blighted properties back on the tax rolls, has sold its first property.

The city of Birmingham plans to set aside nearly $1 million in the 2021 budget to prop up the underperforming CrossPlex Village development in Five Points West, city officials said.

Borrowers will likely have to put more assets on the line to get forbearance extensions.

But the 30-year fixed remains below 3%, which should continue to support increased demand.

The new “adverse market fee” for refinanced mortgages resembles steps the companies took to combat the 2008 mortgage crisis. But critics charge it isn’t necessary and will hurt borrowers’ ability to tap into low rates.

Developer Parkway Corp. has closed on $187 million in funding through commercial real estate finance firm Meridian Capital Group to build a Center City Philadelphia office tower for law partnership Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

A new Marriott Residence Inn is expected to sprout next to the Millbrae BART station after landing a construction loan that serves as a welcome counterpoint to the pall of economic uncertainty cast by the coronavirus.

A survey conducted throughout the second quarter found knowledge gaps based on race and income.

The proprietors of the Lorraine Hotel in downtown Toledo have received multi-year prison sentences from a federal judge for orchestrating a $3.9 million fraudulent real-estate investment scheme, while a third person received probation.

Some of Miami Beach's priciest real estate is now a relative bargain, even in the billionaire enclave of Fisher Island.