There has been endless focus on Canada’s residential mortgage rebound following the credit crisis. Nowadays, however, commercial lending is where the growth is ... Read More...
Residential lending may have slowed, but commercial lending is going strong. Commercial mortgage balances grew 8% last year versus 2012, according to lender CML... Read More...
Here’s a story about how hard it’s become to secure commercial mortgages, versus 2 to 3 years ago. (See Lender Loyalty by Orillia Today)
In it, Chris Dought... Read More...
The Globe recently interviewed four of the biggest commercial real estate executives in Canada. They had this to say about commercial financing: Pierr... Read More...
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) issued a somewhat alarming report on Canadian commercial real estate yesterday.
Among the key points, PwC said:
“We're very... Read More...
Financing for multi-unit (5+ unit) residential buildings comes in two varieties:
CMHC Insured
Non-CMHC Insured
People with healthy down payments frequ... Read More...
Sources quoted by the Globe say Canadian commercial financing has plunged by one third compared to last year.
The Globe’s article had various other notewort... Read More...
It’s largely about the pre-sales in construction lending these days—and one of Canada’s headliner projects (the $500 million Ritz Carlton Vancouver) just didn’... Read More...
If anyone needs a dose of depression look no further than recent headlines about commercial financing...
Commercial Real Estate Faces Pinch (Globe & Ma... Read More...
