Mezzanine lending will fill the gap left by institutional lenders

by Sara Havlena

February 2, 2026
8:00 am

The appetite for mezz loans will increase this year and anticipate large private credit platforms, insurance company affiliates and established real estate debt funds to be active. These groups are well capitalized and focused on institutional transactions where structure and intercreditor protections are clearly defined. Look for many bridge lenders to step into that gap to provide competitive full-stack solutions.

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Sara Havlena

Havlena is the editor-in-chief of Crittenden Real Estate magazine and The Crittenden Report: Real Estate Financing, Retail Tenants Report and the Multifamily Report and their respective websites. She has been an editor with Crittenden since 2007 and worked on a variety of real estate publications during her time at the company covering a wide range of topics from restaurant expansion to real estate developers. She has been the lead reporter and editor of Crittenden’s flagship publication, The Crittenden Report, since 2011. She has a degree in Print Journalism from Cal State Fullerton, and resides in Orange County, Calif.

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