CMBS Servicers Not Just Extending & Pretending

"Loan extension has been one of the most common modification strategies used by special servicers, and has been criticized by many as extend-and-pretend or delay-and-pray, etc,” says Malay Bansal, head of Portfolio Management and Advisory for Commercial Real Estate & CMBS at NewOak Capital, an asset management, [...]

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Has the Open-Bank M&A Market Finally Thawed?

“With the economic recovery still sputtering, great worry over the state of the commercial real estate market, and significant uncertainty still hovering over the bank industry due to the pending implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the First Niagara Financial announcement that it [...]

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Economic Outlook 2010

“The overall picture is that of increasing uncertainty with slow job growth creation, increasing job losses, slow manufacturing growth, higher taxes, chaotic government policy, and artificially stable housing prices,” says Ron D’Vari, CEO & Co-Founder of NewOak Capital, a Capital Markets, Asset Management, and Advisory firm in Manhattan. “All of the above clearly [...]

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NAIC Action, Less Noticed, But Good for Commercial Mortgages
“The National Association of Insurance Commissioners backed off from its proposal to increase the capital that insurance companies must set aside for commercial mortgage loans. That is a good thing for the commercial real estate market,” says Malay Bansal, head of Portfolio Management and Advisory [...]

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