Uncertainty Still the Buzzword on Lending Landscape

Strauss: “As the economy changes, underwriting and geography become important and more of a challenge.”

IRVINE, CA—Many believe that with the change of administration there’s been an inning reset, but until the legislative outlook is better understood, lenders will continue to proceed with caution, Walker & Dunlop’s Mark Strauss and Rob Quarton tell GlobeSt.com. The two executives recently joined the firm’s capital-markets group.

Based out of the company’s Irvine office, the team will arrange financing for commercial real estate properties by leveraging the firm’s relationships with capital providers throughout the country. They join Walker & Dunlop from Cohen Financial, where Strauss was a 15-year veteran and founding member of the firm’s equity practice. The pair was responsible for originating, structuring and placing debt and structured finance for a wide variety of asset classes.