Financing

When selecting an investment, the aphorism “location, location, location” remains critical for today’s commercial real estate buyers and sellers.

Many economic issues converged late last year to slow commercial real estate's recovery.

When looking to extinguish fixed-rate debt, borrowers have two alternatives: yield maintenance or defeasance.

Today’s lending environment is unlike any I have seen in my 20 years as a mortgage banker. Unfortunately, capital may remain scarce for several more years.

Capital availability has improved since the dark beginning of the recession. This year the real estate capital markets came off life support, although they still remain in intensive care.

With commercial real estate credit markets slowly beginning to thaw, borrowers are beginning to explore the costs and requirements associated with exiting existing real estate debt.

When representatives of regional developer Lane4, the Kansas City Wizards Major League soccer franchise, and medical information technology company Cerner Corp.

During the past six months, commercial real estate capital has re-entered the market after almost a two-year absence. Capital providers are eager to deploy their funds.

During the first quarter of 2010, four financing sources effectively took control of the lending market.

The dominos continue to fall in the commercial real estate market, leaving lenders exceptionally conservative in making loans for new projects.