Market Update Blog

October 28, 2015

How you take title to property can have a major impact on your finances and risk assumption. Among other things, it can affect your income taxes, your property taxes, how the property passes to your heirs, and your potential personal…

October 21, 2015

Zero interest rates might be around awhile longer. That, at least, was the message last week when two Federal Reserve governors said they didn’t think they should raise rates this year. For a consensus-driven institution like the Fed, that could…

October 14, 2015

The retail sector is hot right now, and at the center of it all was the recent ICSC conference held in San Diego, CA. The annual event is one of commercial real estate’s most important gatherings, with industry influencers in…

The current economic cycle has been an especially active one, filled with market developments and effected by change. Keeping up with the Fed’s unfolding interest rate drama, the ever-evolving CMBS landscape, and spate of new lenders entering the scene can…

October 7, 2015

The Federal Reserve left short-term interest rates unchanged at last month’s meeting, citing trepidation about weak growth overseas. The minutes of the policy makers’ discussions, to be released Thursday at 2 p.m. EDT, could reveal more detail on officials’ views…

September 30, 2015

The annual Western States conference hosted by the Mortgage Bankers Association was recently held in Las Vegas, one of commercial real estate’s largest industry gatherings. Most of the major players were in attendance to get the inside track on new…