Q2 2010 Commercial Mortgage Originations Up 35 Percent from Q1 But Flat From Last Year Any increase in liquidity after the frozen first quarter is good news.  Granted, very few property owners want to sell voluntarily in this pummeled market.  But at least we are… Read more

MBA Reports That Home Purchase Applications Fall to a 13-Year Low — It’s Getting Uglier Out There Folks Today’s signed home purchase contracts become next quarters closings (where the real estate transaction industry gets paid).   And the news is not good.  Applications for home purchase… Read more

An article from the Mortgage Bankers Association finds some less than rosy expectations for commercial real estate in 2010. Approximately three of every four commercial experts surveyed expect the following in 2010: Rents to decline Interest rates to rise 60 percent expect a full market… Read more