It’s been a tough couple of years for commercial real estate borrowers.
Higher-for-longer interest rates, coupled with a pullback by traditional lenders, have led to a gap in borrowing. Debt maturities continue to raise additional concerns. Many sponsors wonder if they can find enough debt and equity to buy, build, rehab or refinance in the current environment.
The answer is yes. Debt and equity can be found. While loan origination volumes aren’t anywhere near the frothy days of 2021 and 2022, experts told Connect CRE that there is capital to be had for many CRE projects.