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What’s Happening to Construction Financing These Days?
COVID-19 is heavily impacting the way financing projects are closed these days, especially if projects involve any construction. Working with the right expertise can help you avoid pitfalls. Learn more about how projects are making it through successfully. M1 Capital Corp in White Plains, NY is here to help you understand the impacts of COVID-19…
Read MoreCreating Your Commercial Real Estate COVID-19 Dream Team
As an owner, investor, or potential buyer of commercial real estate during COVID-19, we are sure you have weathered many challenges. Commercial real estate is struggling since many office spaces, restaurants, stores, and bars have been forced to close or seen reduced business due to COVID-19. This means that if you own or plan to…
Read MoreSelling Your Property During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Are you planning to sell your real estate and wondering how you will fare during COVID-19? Many areas are seeing falling prices, which may have some sellers worried. However, other areas are experiencing surprises as the pandemic continues to impact everyone’s major life plans. You may be selling a commercial property and wondering what uses…
Read MoreForecasting Financial Issues with Mortgages in COVID-19
Forecasting Financial Issues with Mortgages in COVID-19 Were you impacted by COVID-19? Are you planning to work with your lender and communicate your needs and work on contingencies for your financial situation? Do you have any tenants that are falling behind on rent and worry about making your payments? Recent laws have been passed to…
Read MoreMortgage Legislation During COVID-19
Over the last few months of the pandemic, our federal and state governments have passed laws to provide for economic and mortgage relief due to COVID-19. More legislation is pending in the House to provide further protections. We are here to keep you updated on past developments and to watch what is happening in our…
Read MoreWorking with your Mortgage Lender During COVID-19
You may or may not have taken advantage of the current deferral plans for mortgages during COVID-19. While these vary depending on the type of mortgage you have, many people’s deferral options are set to expire in June or July unless the government provides legislation to extend them. This means that your relationship and communication…
Read MoreMy 90-day Payment Deferment is Up, Now What?
My 90-day Payment Deferment is Up, Now What? 06/10/2020 Robert Withers Each commercial real estate asset class has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in one way or another. Many commercial lenders extended 90-day payment deferments to their borrowers as a way to help relieve immediate financial hardship in case the tenants (sometimes the borrowers themselves)…
Read MoreCommercial Construction Financing
Commercial construction loans are inherently risky ! Why? Let us count the ways. Too often, developers can’t secure permanent financing upon a project’s completion. If it’s a condominium project will the condo project sell out? Then, there is construction gamble, as cost overruns, accidents, delays and other problems tend to occur on every job. Imagine,…
Read MoreThe CRE Market Looks To Stay Hot in 2018 – And Beyond
Today’s Market The commercial real estate lending market came off of a record year in 2017, as mortgage originations totaled $530 billion. Fundamentally, rates, property values, credit policies and demand support the continuing strength of the CRE market. Technically, a large block of maturing CMBS loans will leave many CRE owners attempting to sell…
Read MoreThe Role of Alternative Lending in the CRE Market Today
Robert Withers | February 2018 Most of us remember the Great Recession of 2007-2012 and, more specifically, the crippling financial crisis of 2007-2008. One of the largest—if not the largest—contributors to this event was the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis. During this time, we experienced “a perfect storm” of falling real estate values, tightening mortgage lending practices,…
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