The mid-year edition of CRE Direct opens with a Letter from the Editor, immediately calling out the question on everyone’s mind: When will the next recession take hold?
“How long [the economic recovery]… READ MORE >
OCC points to easing of commercial loan standards as a top risk in banking industry
“The worst loans are often made in the best of times.” ~Comptroller of the Currency Joseph OttingWhile… READ MORE >
Bank Regulators Just Raised Appraisal Threshold to $500,000, Evaluations Now Required for Smaller Transactions
On Monday, April 9, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the…
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The FDIC board of directors on Tuesday, March 20 approved a final rule to raise the appraisal threshold for commercial real estate transactions that qualify for a commercial evaluation from $250,000 to $500,000. …
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Ever had your name called in a roomful of other professionals because someone nominated you for the honor of receiving an industry award of recognition?
Few have. For many, it’s a once-in-a-career honor.…
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EDR continues to expand the scope of property information available to lenders on its Collateral360® platform with the addition of CompStak lease comps. CompStak’s data supports decision making throughout the real estate investment…
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NOTE TO READERS: This article was just published in the Winter edition of the EBA Journal. Professional members of the Environmental Bankers Association responded to last year’s epic hurricanes to provide valuable response …
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Part I of II
Thanks to EBA President Bill Sloan at Commerce Bank for inviting me to open up the EBA Winter Conference in sunny Long Beach—leaving our sub-zero New England temps behind.…
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NOTE TO READERS: This brief, authored by EDR Insight’s Dianne Crocker, was published in Commercial Real Estate Direct’s Year-End 2017 edition and is reprinted below with permission from the publisher.
Retail Isn’t a …
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EDR just wrapped up our fall Due Diligence at Dawn series in Houston, Dallas and Boston.
The property due diligence market is a market in transition. Transition due to the cyclical nature of…
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