Martin Medve, Trident Home Loans
Asked whether he prefers to go by “Martin” or “Marty,” Martin Medve laughed. “I go by McFly,” said the co-owner and principal broker of Trident Home Loans. A former U.S. Navy carrier pilot and current Delta Airlines captain, Medve shares his first name with Marty McFly, Michael J. Fox’s character from the “Back to the […]
Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae
Higher inflation may impact real estate investments
Commercial Spotlight: Great Lakes Region
The Upper Midwest has been slowly bouncing back.
International Investments: United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has remained a relatively big player in U.S. commercial real estate in recent months. According to Real Capital Analytics (RCA), U.K. investors were partial or full investors in 50 U.S. properties during the 12-month period ending in first-quarter 2021. These deals totaled $1.7 billion in sales volume and represented 4.9% of all […]
Next year will be one to watch for commercial real estate
The U.S. commercial real estate market has shown signs of life this year, but 2022 will likely be the year to watch. This year is shaping up as one of steady recovery for commercial properties while next year remains something of a wild card. Jamie Woodwell, vice president of research and economics at the Mortgage […]
Post-pandemic opportunities arise for private lenders
The housing bubble of 2008 ushered in a golden age for hard money and private money lenders. Conventional lending tightened due to worries about the economy while lawmakers in Congress and statehouses debated a host of regulatory changes. Opportunities opened for people willing to pay higher short-term interest rates. Private and hard money lenders filled […]
Supreme Court upholds CDC-issued eviction ban
Five U.S. Supreme Court justices agreed with plaintiffs that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) overstepped its bounds by issuing a nationwide eviction moratorium — but the court still stopped short of negating the ban. It’s the latest turn in a saga that has stretched on as the housing industry has fought a […]