News & Analysis

Avatar Financial set to expand bridge lending platform

The firm sees the need to educate its investor base about the opportunities in real estate debt.

Brookfield’s Balkan to exit at year-end

The co-architect of the Toronto-based manager’s real estate credit platform, Andrea Balkan, is departing after 22 years with the firm.

Barings’ Alamgir counsels caution as real estate market moves toward reboot

Barings is taking a measured approach as the commercial real estate market takes the first steps toward a recovery.

Blue Light Capital launches credit division to target mid-market lending gaps

The firm hired Needham Point Capital co-founders Jeremy Burton and Tristine Lim to lead Blue Light Credit.

Analysis: JPMorgan AM rethinks real estate allocations in higher-rate world 

The firm is delving into the role public and private strategies play in institutional investor portfolios.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, M&T Realty Capital team up for agency lending expansion

BXMT borrowers will be able to use agency financing through M&T’s Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac platforms.

CMBS market sees broad resurgence as issuance rises steeply

Robert Neighoff, a portfolio manager at Mariner Investment Group, is tracking opportunity in new issue conduit and SASB paper.

T2 Capital sets sights on growth in BTR lending market

The Chicago-based investment manager and alternative lender believes these properties could be part of the long-term solution to the US housing crisis.

Newmark: Multifamily originations hit nine-year low in Q1 2024

Although originations are substantially below pre-pandemic levels, the market could be nearing a bottom.

Private lenders position themselves ahead of Basel Endgame

The proposals’ implementation is expected to prompt a major expansion in private credit providers’ lending platforms.