The Small Business Administration (SBA) will allow more businesses to refinance their commercial real estate mortgages through its 504 loan program. The SBA initially restricted this new refinancing option to small businesses that faced balloon payments on their mortgages before December 31, 2012. … [Read more...] about 3.29.11: SBA Opens 504 Refinancing to More Firms
Archives for March 2011
3.24.11: Competition Heats Up for CMBS Conduit Loans
The successful CMBS offering by Goldman Sachs and Citigroup (see our 3.23.11 News Article) that priced on March 23rd marks the fifth multi-borrower deal completed in 2011. Combined issuance in the five deals totaled nearly $8 billion. With over 20 CMBS conduit shops having jumped into the resurgent … [Read more...] about 3.24.11: Competition Heats Up for CMBS Conduit Loans
3.23.11: Goldman Sachs/Citigroup Price CMBS Deal at Wider Spreads
Goldman Sachs and Citigroup priced a $1.4-billion CMBS transaction March 23; with the crisis in Japan and turmoil in Libya a significant widening in CMBS spreads occurred. With capital markets recovering some lost ground during the week, the transaction was able to clear the high end of price … [Read more...] about 3.23.11: Goldman Sachs/Citigroup Price CMBS Deal at Wider Spreads
3.17.11: ValueXpress Helps New Borrower Complete 7(a) Process
In February 2011, a borrower contacted ValueXpress explaining he wanted to purchase an existing retail business that operated as a home center in a 60,000-square-foot facility in Mississippi. The borrower, previously a general manager of a truck stop that comprised fuel and a convenience store, now … [Read more...] about 3.17.11: ValueXpress Helps New Borrower Complete 7(a) Process
3.9.11: Michael D. Sneden Returns to Westchester Business Council: “Learn How to Prepare a Business Loan Application”
The Business Council of Westchester County, N.Y. has announced that Michael D. Sneden, Executive Vice President at ValueXpress, will return as the keynote speaker at its Circles of Influence social networking event beginning at 4:30 p.m., March 31, at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, N.Y. Sneden’s … [Read more...] about 3.9.11: Michael D. Sneden Returns to Westchester Business Council: “Learn How to Prepare a Business Loan Application”
3.4.11: Trepp: CMBS Buyers’ Faith Rewarded as U.S. Delinquency Numbers Level Off
The faith that investors have shown in the legacy U.S. CMBS market over the last few months was validated on Wednesday when the Trepp Delinquency Report reported that the core delinquency rate for February had one of its smallest increases since the beginning of the credit crisis. In February, the … [Read more...] about 3.4.11: Trepp: CMBS Buyers’ Faith Rewarded as U.S. Delinquency Numbers Level Off