February 17, 2020

Watch for lenders to become more open-minded about retail lending this year.  The market is coming out of an era when people were extremely worried about online retail sales.  Many have come to the realization that there is still a need for brick-and-motor stores. Therefore, lenders will be more inclined to provide capital than the More

Count on banks to be extremely active during the first half of the year and expand their boxes in order to compete.  Banks are under pressure to grow their balance sheets by 5% to 6% this year.  They will want to re-enter the construction lending space and strive to win deals back from debt funds.  More