Insights

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…

We are currently working on raising joint venture equity for a manufactured housing project in the state of Texas and the transaction has revealed some very interesting statistics about what is happening in the state. Although these trends are intuitive to anyone following the news in the real estate industry, the actual numbers are pretty…

We are currently working on raising equity & debt for a manufactured housing project in the southern US and we have been blown away by how much more affordable it is to traditional stick-built housing. We have also been very impressed with the quality and product offerings currently available in the industry. In this Insights…

In this week’s Insights Post we wanted to share with our readers an update on one of our favorite institutional equity programs. This group is based out of the northeast but they have a local office in the Los Angeles area where they source their west coast investments. The group has been in business for…

Yesterday, Schelin Uldricks & Co. spoke with an active, well capitalized C-PACE Lender based in Denver. They have plenty of funds to deploy nationwide and will generally consider most property types (Multifamily, Industrial, Retail, Hospitality, Senior Living, Office, Self-Storage, Student Housing, and Mixed Use) with projects that have Retroactive, Gut Rehab, Adaptive Reuse, Ground Up…

In this Insights Series Post we thought we would share the results of a recent marketing campaign we ran to place debt financing on a parcel of land. This sheds light on how challenging the current market is for one of the most difficult asset classes to finance. Broadly speaking, land is one of the…

What is C-PACE? C-PACE is a less understood form of financing in the commercial real estate world but is gaining momentum in the age of higher interest rates.  C-PACE is an acronym that stands for Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy.  C-PACE is a public-private financing regime enabled at the state level through legislation that authorizes…

Our executive management team attended the 2024 MBA CREF in San Diego this week to meet with capital sources and get updates on what investors want to do in 2024, here are some high-level notes from our meetings: 1. CMBS: Spreads are in from 2023 but indexes are up. Volatility surrounding the Fed decision on…

What is USDA Financing for Rural Development? Developers and business owners in rural America often have a difficult time locating financing for their real estate project or business expansion.  Most mainstream lenders tend to focus on larger markets with dense employment drivers and employment diversity leaving many great real estate development opportunities unable to develop…

In the regular course of our business we are constantly talking to capital sources, whether it be lenders, institutional equity investors, or high net worth investors and family offices. It’s imperative that we stay on top of what they are doing so that we can inform our clients of the ever-changing market and direct them…