Investment Banking
JLL’s Denny St. Romain: Financing from Life Companies, Conduits, Banks
At the 2013 Mortgage Bankers Association CREF/Multifamily Housing Conference, Denny St. Romain, managing director of Real Estate Investment Banking at Jones Lang LaSalle, discusses three sources of commercial real estate financing today: life companies, conduits and banks.
Vic Clark: Conduits Compete Directly with Fannie, Freddie
At the 2013 Mortgage Bankers Association CREF/Multifamily Housing Conference, Vic Clark, managing director of Centerline Capital Group, explains the increasing competitiveness of CMBS financing in the commercial real estate world.
David Durning: Prudential’s Financing Goals for 2013
At the 2013 Mortgage Bankers Association CREF/Multifamily Housing Conference, David Durning, president and CEO of Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., explains Prudential’s targets for balance sheet, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA, CMBS and bridge financing for 2013.
Will the CMBS Comeback Be Derailed — Again?
There is some confidence now that a sudden evaporation of conduit financing is less likely this time around because the economic recovery appears to have legs.…
Special Report: Commercial Mortgages Returned 4.7% for Life Companies, Pension Funds in 2012
Life companies and pension funds increased their market share of commercial property financing last year despite ongoing industry deleveraging, according to the Giliberto-Levy Commercial Performance Index, and the mortgage loans yielded a total return of 4.7 percent for the institutions in 2012. …
SPECIAL REPORT: Fannie Mae Stresses Loan Quality, Risk-Sharing & Profitability for U.S. Taxpayers
Fannie Mae’s priority in 2013 will be to continue focusing on loan quality, said Jeffrey Hayward, senior vice president, Head of the Multifamily Mortgage Business, Fannie Mae.…
SPECIAL REPORT: MBA Predicts M-F Funding Market Share May Fall Slightly in 2013
Mortgage originations for commercial properties will increase by 11 percent in 2013, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) forecasted. Multifamily financing may tick down this year as capital supply to the other commercial real estate sectors make a comeback.…
SPECIAL REPORT: Liquidity Returns to Commercial Real Estate
The commercial real estate financing industry cautiously greeted the rapid return of liquidity into the sector during the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2013 Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo. …
The Outlook for Investing in Secondary and Tertiary Markets
Key takeaways from the recent MHN-CPE webinar “Secondary and Tertiary Markets: Identifying, Finding and Investing in Commercial Real Estate Opportunities.”…
Paramount/Colony Capital JV Buys Queens Trophy Tower For Estimated $475M
Fully leased to Citigroup, the 1.4 million-square-foot, 50-story One Court Square is the tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan. …
