Industry Watch: Fairway debuts YouTube documentary about originators and more
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. enlisted director Kirby Bradley, who has won 32 Emmy Awards helming shows at HBO, CNN and ESPN, to produce a multipart reality documentary series about mortgage originators. Titled “L.O. Confidential: A Season on the Street,” the three-part, behind-the-scenes series totaling 50 minutes is available on YouTube. The series goes behind the […]
Attom: Residential mortgage count down 3% in third quarter
Measured by dollar volume, lending down 4% quarter over quarter
Featured Top Originator: Spiro Petritsis, Prosperity Bank
No. 2 Top Non-QM Volume, No. 31 Top Dollar Volume
Jewel of a Loan
USDA loans can help many borrowers, not just farmers, overcome affordability challenges
Feeling the Squeeze
Commercial property owners must deal with the new environment of reduced values and rising taxes
Office-space conversions are running into many roadblocks
There have been endless stories about adaptive-reuse plans for the nation’s growing supply of zombie office buildings, hotels and motels that stand empty or close to it. Across the country, developers and city officials are making plans, some quite ambitious, to remake parts of city centers by converting high-rise office space into apartment buildings. Other […]
The Refinancing Dilemma
Property owners with maturing loans need help to understand their options
Retail is Proving Resilient
Values for this asset class are faring better than others, but occupancy challenges persist
Office sector’s seeds of change weren’t sown overnight
Uncertainty breeds hesitation — and a cloudy economic and remote-work environment continues to obscure a clear path to recovery for the U.S. office sector. Leasing activity remains subdued as employment and office-usage expansion plans are put on hold until more clarity emerges. In the third quarter of this year, net absorption across the sector was […]
Understanding the 1031 Exchange
Help clients to swap properties and free up investment cash