If the saga at Silicon Valley Bank hastens the arrival of the next recession, expect to see many more properties go into default sooner rather than later. This is bad news for lenders because they have ramped up their financing of real estate.

Banks are being compelled to pull back from real estate lending in the face of falling values and the imminent introduction of new Basel III rules that introduce a minimum capital floor.

Signature Bank, which has a sizable commercial real estate loan portfolio, was shut by regulators in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. The Biden administration has revived a proposal to end the tax advantages provided by like-kind...

If national growth needs to decelerate, conditions are likely to get worse for the Bay Area and Seattle.

The Federal Reserve’s February 2023 Beige Book numbers show commercial real estate lending has remained stable. Placer.ai reported falling foot traffic at malls last month. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate...

A large number of older offices will fail to lure back workers in the post-Covid era, making them less attractive to occupiers and spurring a wave of defaults, according to Daniel McNamara, founder of Polpo Capital Management.

WeWork is trying to shore up its financial footing by wooing potential investors, reports The New York Times. Build-to-rent projects are weathering higher interest rates, according to Urban Land. These are among today’s must reads from around the...

The Founders Tower is an 18-story, 1.25 million-square-foot shimmering glass addition to San Jose, California, a city Adobe has called home since the early ’90s. The software company’s fourth tower has capacity for 3,000 employee workstations...

Real Insights forecasts some challenges for commercial real estate investors in 2023. Realty Income agreed to buy a portfolio of more than 400 convenience stores across the U.S. in a sale-leaseback transaction, reports Commercial Property...

More than two out of three banks are offering workers either full flexibility or some sort of hybrid-work arrangement, according to a survey of more than 300 financial services institutions by Scoop, which helps companies coordinate hybrid teams...