Tweet This is just a quick opinion on the role assumable financing plays in the value of an investment property. It is very interesting that many properties are marketed with the assumable financing being a major benefit, when many times it really is more of a detriment or unattractive. Even worse is that some sellers [...]
Tweet Standard & Poor’s had downgraded 15 classes of bonds backed by a $425 million loan secured against the Four Seasons Hotel in New York and 3 other luxury resort hotels. The action was triggered by a drop in cash flow which was 46% below S&P expectations. Surely, the expected cash flow figure had already [...]
Tweet Nothing shocking here. Just a very well written and quantified report on the pending refinance crisis coming in commercial real estate. Some telling excerpts from the Deutsche Bank report (emphasis mine): While most attention in commercial real estate today is focused on the dramatic deterioration in term loan performance (i.e. the performance of loans [...]