LOS ANGELES-Driven by the desire of originators to limit their portfolio exposure, CMBS lenders are less willing to hold loans on book for a long time between closing and securitization, says George Smith Partners.

LOS ANGELES-There is a new energy in the air for 2013 with a lot of institutional money betting on the Farmers Field NFL Stadium, says Avison Young's Christopher Cooper.

ANAHEIM, CA-Buyer demand and the consistent flow of capital into the local industrial market should keep Orange County healthy through 2013, says Voit's Ian Britton.

LOS ANGELES-According to David A. Rifkind of George Smith Partners, abundant, low-cost capital will drive increasing transactional volume in 2013.

SACRAMENTO-While markets such as the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Diego have become much more active, others including Sacramento, Las Vegas, Stockton, and Reno are just now beginning to recover.

With the campaign season now over, and a wave of pending GSA lease expirations approaching, officials will be forced to address the government's precarious commercial real estate situation with a greater sense of urgency.

With defaults in commercial mortgage-backed securities expected to hit 11 % by year's end, CMBS special servicers are inundated with requests for modifications,…

When the financing and real estate markets decoupled in 2008, many investors looked at the final years of the last real estate crash in 1990-1992 for…