Bridge Loan Pricing & Market Update

Adrian Watkins Senior Managing Director Schelin Uldricks & Co

Over the past few weeks and with the conclusion of several industry conferences to start 2025, the CRE Bridge Lending Market is garnering a lot of attention. In the various conversations we have had with lenders and market participants, it has become clear that there is plenty of capital availability and competition will ensue during…

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State of the Capital Markets. Welcome to 2025.

Derek Uldricks Managing Partner at Schelin Uldricks & Co

2024 was a year to forget for most of us in the capital markets business. Rates were high, transactions were down, and nobody was buying anything. Most of the business out there was refinance business for sponsors that were out of time. Some faced a situation where they had no option to extend their current…

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U.S. Hotel Industry Update + Limited-Service Segment Focus

Adrian Watkins Senior Managing Director Schelin Uldricks & Co

Through Q3 2024, the overall U.S. hotel industry experienced general stability with steady growth driven by tourism resurgence, strategic development and improving economic conditions. Key performance metrics indicate national average occupancy rates of 66.8%, average daily rates increased by 1.4% year-over-year and revenue per available room grew 0.9% nationally.  While new hotel development has been…

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Financing Modular Construction Projects

Ethan Schelin Managing Partner at Schelin Uldricks & Co

Modular construction is a method of construction that involves building a project in small “modular pods” at an offsite factory and then shipping these pods to the building site for assembly. Often, these factories are located hundreds of miles away from the actual site, and in some cases, several states away from the site. How…

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CMBS Interest Rate Buydowns

Ethan Schelin Managing Partner at Schelin Uldricks & Co

The concept of an interest rate “buy down” has been around for a long time in CMBS but until recently it was rarely used. In today’s current market it is proving to be an effective tool for loan originators to help boost loan proceeds for their borrowers. In this Insights Series Post we will explore…

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