How Today's Borrowers Are Moving Projects Forward With Private Lending

Barchart · 06/25 04:12
While the future of the U.S. economy is uncertain, confidence in commercial real estate lending remains strong.  The Mortgage Bankers Association expects commercial and multifamily mortgage borrowing and lending to rise to $583B in 2025, a 16% increase from 2024. Streit Lending principal Auriel Streit is seeing that rise in demand firsthand, not only in the number of deals but in the quality as well.  “The deals we’re seeing in 2025 are higher-quality,” Streit said. “Buyers and sellers are more serious, more certain.”  Streit Lending is experiencing success in an otherwise turbulent market because it is a private lending firm. While traditional bank lenders have seen their underwriting...