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Market insight plus meaningful networking: Inside the Crittenden Report Finance Conference
The upcoming Crittenden Report Finance Conference is less than two months away. From May 5-7 at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach, California, we’ve arranged three days of insight, perspective and connections courtesy of the top minds in the real estate finance industry. More
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Best of 2025: Our top stories of the year
As we reach the end of 2025 we wanted to highlight the Best Stories of the year with a special roundup. These are the top stories of the year as chosen by online readership and editor’s picks. Thanks for being a valued reader, and we’ll see you in 2026! More
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The Crittenden Report Finance Conference returns to Newport Beach
For more than 50 years, the Crittenden Report Finance Conference has been a place for connection, insight and opportunity in the commercial real estate finance (CRE) world. The 2026 event continues with that tradition, bringing together the industry’s most influential lenders, developers, investors and brokers for three days of education, networking and deal-making. More
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Industry Leader Predictions: Gary Bechtel, CEO of Red Oak Capital Holdings, shares thoughts on the 2025 real estate market
Earlier this year we sat down one-on-one with Gary Bechtel, CEO of Red Oak Capital Holdings, one of the top leaders in the commercial real estate industry. He told us what was in store for 2025 and discussed his thoughts on the 2025 MBA CREF Conference, predictions for rates, underwriting changes, bridge lending trends, plus advice to borrowers. More
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Best of 2024: Our top stories of the year
As we reach the end of 2024 we wanted to highlight the Best Stories of the year with a special roundup. These are the top stories of the year as chosen by online readership and editor’s picks. Thanks for being a valued reader, and we’ll see you in 2025! More
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Alan Crittenden, founder of Crittenden Report, passes away
Alan Crittenden, who founded the Crittenden Report and related real estate conferences, passed away May 7 from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease at his home in San Diego. He was 81. In 1972, Crittenden founded the Crittenden Report, a newsletter that covers commercial real estate financing. It was originally a marketing tool designed to support his growing mortgage brokerage business. However, he quickly found that subscribers were willing to pay for the newsletter and focused his business full-time on publishing. More
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CBRE looks to 2024 for higher vacancies and lower real estate prices
In CBRE’s 2024 Real Estate Outlook, new opportunities are predicted that can prove beneficial to both consumers and companies. New buying opportunities are projected to materialize thanks to lowering property values and higher numbers of vacancies. CBRE’s economists anticipate that resilient consumer spending will counter economic headwinds next year including high interest rates and near recessions in Europe and China. CBRE predicts the U.S. unemployment rate rising slightly to 4.5% and an easing of inflation that will allow the Federal Reserve to reduce short-term interest rates to around 4.25% by the end of 2024 and to 3.5% in 2025. More
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Senior housing: on the upswing
After being hit particularly hard by COVID-19, this sector appears poised for some well-deserved growth. A possible recession. Rising interest rates. A continuing labor shortage. These are just some of the challenges facing the senior housing market. But most experts see the industry’s fundamentals continuing to improve. That’s because that nasty miniscule spiked ball we all More
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Multifamily vacancies will see a market shift
The dynamic duo of tamped down vacancies and negative absorption are signs of the stabilization of the U.S. multifamily sector. What’s more, these trends are expected to stay on course this year. By comparison, in Q1 2023, there was an uptick of 30 basis points quarter-over-quarter in the overall multifamily vacancy rate. It fell short of the pace of the 70-basis-point jump in Q4 2022 or the spike of 90 basis points in Q2 2022. More
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Brook Farm Group launches multifamily development firm
Industry veterans Peter DiCorpo and Eric Hade recently announced the launch of Brook Farm Group, a new multifamily development firm that will focus on rising demand in “lifestyle” and “path-of-growth” markets throughout the Sunbelt and Mountain States with a concentration on dynamic MSAs in the southeastern United States. “The multifamily sector has had a phenomenal More
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Manufactured homes and workforce rentals remain very tight
Higher levels of manufactured housing and affordable rental construction could provide some relief, as occupancy rates across residential segments are historically high, according to research from Marcus & Millichap. Class C apartment vacancy stood at just 2% entering the second quarter, halving the pre-pandemic equivalent. Meanwhile, manufactured housing availability declined between 2019 and 2021 in More
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Association Reserves launches Association Insights & Marketplace national database
Last week marked one year since the tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, Florida. By 2025, Florida state law will require association-governed boards to set aside funds for future major repairs, according to state legislation approved in May. It starts with a Reserve Study (fee is only 1% of the association’s budget) More













