TD Bank’s newly appointed head of U.S. commercial real estate Hugh Allen notes the old adage: “You make your best loans in difficult times.”

It was clear prior to the pandemic investors felt strongly that real estate was a less correlated asset class in portfolios.

There are already ETFs in the market that invest in mortgage-backed securities. But the MTBA ETF focuses on recently issued ones.

Companies may consider the following four strategies for attracting and retaining top talent in the affordable housing industry.

The firm has been running a Reg D offering involving senior secured bridge real estate loans for the past eight years. Earlier this year, it decided to switch to an interval fund structure.