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Just How Big is the Wall of Maturities?

Just How Big is the Wall of Maturities?

By Erik Sherman According to Newmark, there is now a $2 trillion maturity wall of CRE loans facing banks over the next three years. A dizzying sum. “Banks will be under pressure,” CEO Barry Gosin told the Financial Times. As the FT noted, the brokerage handled $50 billion of loan sales for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after […]

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What Are the Options for Real Estate Owners Facing Loan Defaults

What Are the Options for Real Estate Owners Facing Loan Defaults

By Harold Bordwin The almost daily announcements in the press about defaults, foreclosures, deeds-in-lieu and, among other things, the forthcoming sale of Signature Bank’s $33 billion commercial real estate loan portfolio are ominous signs for the real estate community. They reflect the challenges facing commercial real estate owners and lenders in this age of elevated interest rates […]

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A Real-Estate Haven Turns Perilous With Roughly $1 Trillion Coming Due

A Real-Estate Haven Turns Perilous With Roughly $1 Trillion Coming Due

By Konrad Putzier Apartment buildings, long considered a real-estate haven, are emerging as the next major trouble spot in the beleaguered commercial-property world. Investors bid up the prices of multifamily buildings for years, attracted by steadily rising rents and the prospect of outsize returns. Many took on too much debt, expecting they could raise rents fast enough to […]

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These retailers will take over Bed Bath & Beyond’s ‘top-notch’ store leases

These retailers will take over Bed Bath & Beyond’s ‘top-notch’ store leases

Bed Bath & Beyond locations across America will soon be replaced by Burlington Stores outposts and a range of other businesses, after the failed home goods retailer auctioned off its leases as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, court records show.  The doomed big-box store selected bidders for 109 of its leases after a Monday auction. Off-price giant Burlington agreed […]

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Fed’s Bowman Says Bank Supervision Preferable to Capital Rules

Fed’s Bowman Says Bank Supervision Preferable to Capital Rules

By Ramsey Al-Rikabi Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said US banks need better supervision rather than higher capital requirements because they could stunt lending and competition, and she repeated her calls for an independent review of recent bank failures. “We need to consider whether examiners have the appropriate tools and support to identify important issues […]

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Investors of All Stripes Continue to Bet on Build-to-Rent Projects

Investors of All Stripes Continue to Bet on Build-to-Rent Projects

Susan Piperato  Even in the midst of the broader troubled commercial real estate market, the single-family rental (SFR) sector has continued to expand driven by a surge of build-to-rent (BTR) projects which have set new records in the deliveries of new homes. While the SFR sector was built first through acquisition, real estate investment managers in the space have not been […]

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