commercial real estate

• Commercial Real Estate Growth Highest at Billion-Dollar Banks

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 26, 2013

  SNL Financial says $10 billion to $50 billion banks reported the highest commercial real estate loan growth in 2012.

• PenFed Continues Realty Firm Buying Spree

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 30, 2012

  Three weeks after a Florida agency purchase, Prudential PenFed Realty is set to buy another realty company in Kansas.

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  $350 Billion in Commercial Refinancing in 2012, 2013: Expert Advises Caution

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 22, 2012

  Colliers International analyst speaks at CU Business Group national conference.

• Big Lenders Report Continued CRE Loan Drop

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 2, 2012

  Some of the nation’s biggest lenders say they continue to see the steepest declines in commercial real estate loans of all sizes.

• Fed: Commercial Real Estate Still Sluggish

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  December 5, 2011

  No significant increases in any of the 12 Fed districts.

• Fed: Tech, Auto Strongest CRE Sectors

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 9, 2011

  Beige Book shows commercial real estate recovery in some parts of the country.

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  CU Business Group Seeks Route to Sustained Growth

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 10, 2011

  PORTLAND, Ore. — During a recent afternoon session on working with government agency loan programs, as two speakers acknowledged that there can be a corn maze of forms, deadlines and updates, someone in the back of the room felt compelled to interrupt.