Commentary

Examiners are casting a wary eye on performing loans that could soon become substandard due to deflated values in the underlying collateral. The problem is especially acute for community banks.

Seeking to improve financial performance and retain customers, companies are learning that their green commitment must be more than skin-deep

When considering the institutional investor universe, endowments are not often top of mind. However, these education-based money managers are among the elite group of institutions that invest in commercial real estate, so their movements, simply put, matter

Trepp charts individual properties within distressed CMBS pools, broken down by property type. These listings are updated monthly by Trepp for DAI.

When picking up the pieces of a property in turnaround, an asset management team with experience in distress can proactively seek information and anticipate problems.

For Distressed Asset Investments, Real Capital Analytics provides a monthly listing of direct-investment properties financed with balance sheet and CMBS loans.

Bank profits are up and loan loss reserves are down, which at first glance doesn't bode well for distressed opportunities. But there's more to the story.

Against a backdrop of national and worldwide economic fragility and a continued restricted debt market, US hotel sector operating metrics continue to improve from the devastating downturn of 2008-2009.

One emerging difficulty for lenders is the way in which some borrowers are responding once a loan goes into default.

With the continued pressure to deliver higher returns in a low-return environment, institutions could be forgiven if they cast their gaze a bit farther afield for opportunities.

For Distressed Asset Investments, Real Capital Analytics provides a monthly listing of direct-investment properties financed with balance sheet and CMBS loans.

For Distressed Asset Investments, Real Capital Analytics provides a monthly listing of direct-investment properties financed with balance sheet and CMBS loans.

Trepp charts individual properties within distressed CMBS pools, broken down by property type. These listings are updated monthly by Trepp for DAI.

With loan sale volume increasing, it's a good time to look at the complexities of a typical transaction.

Q. What is energy procurement?

A. Electricity and natural gas supply and delivery is controlled in many states by a local utility company within a protected service area, which means customers typically don’t have a choice when it comes to supplier or price. Today, however, many states, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, have deregulated the supply of energy, which encourages competition by offering customers a choice of supplier, price and contract…