commercial lenders: CRE News - "Cherry pickin" - 07/30/08 05:27 PM
There is a real concern over "cherry picking" the best deals with the remaining national commercial real estate lenders. Business is booming for these guys and no plans in increasing personnel to cover the new loan submissions. This is affecting CRE agents across the nation according to the latest CB Ellis survey. New purchase sales are down over 70% in many areas with local and national lenders passing on many deals. All income streams for the agents are under pressure. Some of our agent partners still believe this is a down cycle which has been seen before and will come back
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commercial lenders: Lehman Brothers shuts it down but on the bright side: - 07/08/08 10:44 AM
Wow, the news just keeps on coming. We pretty much saw the warning signs for some big news to hit with the second quarter coming to a close. However, 2 of the biggest names in the business closing shop doesn't bode well for the industry. Definitely shrinking the the funding sources who are now easily cherry picking loans. Lehman Brothers Small Business Finance was a valuable option for many business owners needing to leverage cash or utilize a non bank lending program. Unfortunately, they have been mortally wounded by the sub prime mess and announced closing of the division. It's a
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commercial lenders: CRE News - Indymac another casualty - 07/01/08 03:05 PM
Bad news in my world again today. IndyMac created a commercial division to become more diversified. However, it was too little, too late for them. It wasn't entirely unexpected but the way it was handle certainly was. The production team was let go at the end of the day on Monday and the division closed without any ado. Phone lines and emails went unanswered this morning. It's too bad because they did create a niche for just a little larger underwriting box. Any loans with locks are supposed to be honored but I'd sit on the deal if you have a
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