Bridger Commercial Funding Raises New Capital
Bridger Commercial Funding, a secondary market services provider to the nation's banking industry for commercial real estate loans, has closed on a new...
Arbor Introduces LEAN Streamlined Section 232/223(f) Program
Arbor Commercial Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC, now offers the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's...
Commercial Finance Advisors Opens Online Store
Commercial Finance Advisors, a commercial loan broker based in Birmingham, Mich., has opened an online commercial mortgage broker store at www.cfa-commercial.com. The company...
Velocity Commercial Capital Launches IO Program
Velocity Commercial Capital, a national real estate lender specializing in small-balance commercial loans, has rolled out an interest-only (IO) program. The program offers...
Fannie Mae Increases Multifamily Investment
Amid stress in the capital markets and a downturn in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market, Fannie Mae says it will expand liquidity, stability...
Hyland Software Acquires Liberty Information Management Systems
Hyland Software, the developer of the OnBase enterprise content management (ECM) software suite, has acquired Liberty Information Management Systems (Liberty IMS). The transaction...
Freddie Mac Introduces Student Housing Mortgage
Freddie Mac has launched the Freddie Mac Student Housing Mortgage, which provides financing for the acquisition or refinancing of multifamily properties. The Student...
Savills Moves Headquarters, Renames Itself Savills LLC
Real estate investment banking firm Savills Granite has expanded into a new headquarters in New York and branded itself as Savills LLC. Savills...
Realpoint Receives NRSRO Status
Realpoint LLC has been granted Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) status by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Realpoint becomes the 10th...
Wilshire Finance Partners Raising Funds For New Mortgage Pool Fund
Los Angeles-based Wilshire Finance Partners is raising $100 million for a mortgage pool fund, for making commercial property loans. Specialists in short-term, hard-money...
RBC Capital Markets Adds Manufactured Housing To Multifamily Program
RBC Capital Markets' Real Estate Mortgage Capital business says it has enhanced its RBC Streamline program with the addition of lending programs for...
Aries Capital, HI Group Form Strategic Alliance
Aries Hospitality Group LLC, an affiliate of Chicago-based mortgage banking firm Aries Capital, has formed a strategic alliance with HI Group LLC, with...
Goldman Sachs Makes Strategic Investment In Bulls Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage Capital has made a strategic investment in Bulls Capital Partners LLC, a Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS)...
Eastern Real Estate, Highfields Capital Management Form JV
Eastern Real Estate LLC and Highfields Capital Management have formed a fully committed $1 billion joint venture that will acquire high-yield commercial real...
FICS Adds BusinessObjects’ Tools To Commercial Servicer
Financial Industry Computer Systems Inc. (FICS), a mortgage technology specialist that provides in-house residential origination and servicing technology and commercial servicing technology to...
Aries Capital Moves, Expands Headquarters
Aries Capital, a national full-service mortgage banking firm that provides direct mezzanine and bridge financing through its affiliate Aries Real Estate Fund, is...
North River Investment Management Launches CRE Fund
North River Investment Management LLC, a manager of private equity funds, has launched its first commercial real estate private equity fund, North River...
MBA Closes On New D.C. Headquarters
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has officially closed on the purchase of its new home at 1331 L St., NW in Washington, D.C....
REIT.com Officially Launches
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) has launched REIT.com, a new Web portal designed to be the home for all...
MISMO Releases Version 1.2 Commercial Reference Model
MISMO, the not-for-profit data standards subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), has released Version 1.2 Commercial Reference Model, which contains detailed specifications...