Commercial Real Estate Loans

Commercial real estate prices are expected to hit bottom in 2010 creating the biggest challenges the sector has seen in generations That means for certain players there will also be huge opportunities. It will be a year marked by the survival of the fittest – only the strongest developers and investors will be left standing. That...
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The commercial mortgage default rate on loans held by U.S. banks more than doubled to 3.4 percent As vacancies rose and rents declined, defaults climbed from 1.37 percent a year earlier and from 2.88 percent in the second quarter, the New York-based property research firm said today in a report. Default rates in the first...
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The business jet downturn will continue to weigh heavily on Wichita’s commercial market, a local economist and a National Association of Realtors economist said recently “In our market, we’ve got two things affecting commercial real estate and one is just fundamentals,” said Stan Longhofer, director of Wichita State’s Center for Real Estate. “Businesses need expansion for...
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Many real estate investors are turning to commercial property for investment opportunities instead of single family homes and condos. There are two categories of commercial investment property: Category #1: Residential commercial property or apartment buildings. Category #2: Business commercial property which includes office buildings, retail shopping centers or strip malls, warehouses, office condos and other business property. Investing...
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Many real estate investors have a large inventory of real estate bargains to choose from that can be flipped for fast profits or to buy and hold. Most distressed property bargains require the investor to have access to fast cash to buy investment property at the best terms.  Fast closings are usually the trade off...
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