Keat Foong
Going Dark: Is Net Lease Immune to Turmoil in Big-Box Retail?
Is retail a victim of the Internet and heading the way of the horse and buggy? While big-box stores have been hit hard by both technological and economic trends, net-lease players still report that closings for single-tenant properties have been muted. By Keat Foong.
Retail Retracts
While the retail sector did not fare as badly as some had feared as a result of high unemployment, fundamentals continue to founder.
Mortgage Bankers Roundtable, Part I: Maturities, Here They Come: CRE Lenders Prepare to Meet the Wave of CMBS Loans Needing Refinancing This Year
Is this the year stakeholders in commercial real estate debt will have to “face the music?” CPE spoke with top executives at Cohen Financial, Marcus & Millichap, NorthMarq and Walker & Dunlop to get their opinions on financial strategy for 2012.
Midland, Freddie Mac Achieve Advances in Online Automation
While servicers are using automation at a more advanced level than originators today, both ends of the business have eased processes through application of technology. CPE offers examples of successful applications.
Finance & Investment: Low Levels of Interest for CMBS
Despite a zero-level interest rate, the CMBS market has seen investor pullback in response to the economic hazards in the United States and abroad. By Keat Foong.
Capital Chase: Life Companies Still Lead, but Banks Return to Financing Market
Even as capital returns to the commercial real estate market, life insurance companies continue to top the list of debt providers. Indeed, in the first quarter, life insurance companies registered an index of 212 on the Mortgage Bankers Association mortgage originations index.
The Incredible Shrinking Stores
Whether it is a structural or cyclical trend, there may be a movement afoot toward smaller retail spaces that is driven by both retailer and investor preferences. Retailers, both big and small, from Walmart to Target to the neighborhood store, are downsizing footprints. By Keat Foong.
Winning the Competition for Loan Servicing
Given today’s still-limited loan production numbers, competition for third-party commercial loan servicing business can be pretty intense. Providers will need some new tools to get ahead.
Is the Time Right to Invest in Retail? Some Say No
While demand seems to exceed supply for investment sales transactions, not everyone thinks this is the time to acquire retail real estate.
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