Financial Digest

Spiegel Associates arranges a $4.65m construction/permanent loan for six story multifamily building

Brooklyn, NY Sidney Spiegel of Spiegel Associates has arranged a $4.65 million construction/permanent loan for a multifamily property. The l...

Real Estate Finance Association September update: Fall programming and Annual Gala

Boston, MA The Real Estate Finance Association (REFA) kicked off September with an Added Amenities education program held on Tuesday, Septem...

HFF completes $324m in construction financing for Arsenal Yards redevelopment

Watertown, MA Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) completed $324 million in construction financing and joint venture equity for the develop...

KeyBank Real Estate Capital handles $59.5 million in financings

Windsor, CT KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged financing for two separate multifamily properties in the greater Hartford area totaling...

Real estate values achieving all-time highs - Steven Elliott

Nothing like the warmth of summer, with its long days, and the Red Sox playing almost .700 baseball, to put everyone in a good mood. The economy is still chugging along with real estate values achieving all-time highs. To put it into

Markets are recording some pushback on rates and rents - by David Kirk

Seemingly unrelated, current commercial real estate capital markets and property markets are recording some pushback on rates and rents respectively. Also, a marginal decline in activity, volume and velocity. Summer stickiness was often

The Counselors of Real Estate release its Annual List of Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate

Chicago, IL In a break with the tradition of list announcements, The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) professional association presented its ...

Durkin’s last hurrah! Ways to improve appraisal profession - by Roger Durkin

One last blast about what appraisal associations and individual appraisers should be doing to improve the appraisal profession. Here is a partial list: Lobby for a rule of lenity for appraisal regulations requiring that vague and ambiguous rules be

Regenbogen of Arbor funds $12m in student housing transactions

Hartford, CT Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. funded bridge transactions for two student housing properties in Northeastern Connecticut. E...

IRS final rule cites the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice

Washington, DC The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a new rule which governs how cash and noncash charitable contributions should b...