After a recent slowdown in issuance, the commercial MBS market is poised to close out the first half with a burst of activity. After averaging about $11 billion in February and March, monthly issuance slipped to a roughly $9 billion…
Barry Slatt Mortgage recently held its annual Northern California Lender’s Panel luncheon. The event featured influential executives from a variety of lending institutions including UBS, Symetra, StanCorp, and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. The esteemed guest speakers were peppered with questions…
Big U.S. banks increased their holdings of commercial real estate loans at a stepped-up but still moderate rate last year. The banking companies with the 100 largest commercial real estate portfolios posted a 6.8% increase in commercial, multi-family and construction-and-land…
The financial news world is atwitter over expectations that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s multifamily loan volumes are approaching their annual loan caps, which has resulted in wider rate spreads to slow loan volume. Despite the agencies’ request for relief,…
John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, says he’s done talking about which month the Fed will start to raise its benchmark interest rate. “I’ve sworn to myself that from now on the only months of…
Barry Slatt Mortgage recently held its annual breakfast panel event at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. In this clip UBS Managing Director Todd Pollack discusses the state of the commercial loan market, and shares his thoughts on what to…
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