Walker & Dunlop Buying CWCapital for $220M, Rank Among Top CRE Lenders

Bethesda, MD-based commercial mortgage company Walker & Dunlop Inc. is buying fellow lender CWCapital LLC from an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group for $ 220 million in cash and stock. The combination is expected to create one of the largest commercial real estate lenders in
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Dewey Collapse Gives Lenders Pause, but Landlords Won’t Cease And Desist in Pursuing Law Firms

Large law firms have long been among the most prestigious and credit-worthy tenants for some of the highest-quality and most prestigious office trophies in CBDs across America. Nowhere is that truer than in Manhattan, where last weekend’s final collapse and bankruptcy filing by Dewey
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Distressed Sales Rise in California as Lenders Push Through REO Inventories and Short Sales

According to the California Association of Realtors (CAR), the California Pending Home Sales Index dropped as expected between November and December, tracking the annual seasonal slowdown. However, the index was higher than a year ago for the eighth straight month, a trend that bodes
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Traditional Lenders Continue to Lend on Retail, But Focus on Top Product

Life insurance companies and banks up their originations for retail in the third quarter of 2011. National Real Estate Investor
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Nontraditional Lenders Gain Multifamily Market Share

Life insurance companies are trying to get a bigger piece of the multifamily finance market. National Real Estate Investor
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Real Money: Lenders Letting REITs Play the Accordion

Equity One Inc. in North Miami Beach closed a $ 575 million unsecured revolving credit facility that replaces its existing $ 400 million facility. The new facility, which has a 4-year term with a 1-year extension option, can be upsized to $ 800 million through an accordion feature. Bo
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