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Wells Fargo sells most of its commercial mortgage servicing to Trimont

Housing Wire

Wells Fargo has agreed to sell most of its commercial mortgage servicing portfolio to Atlanta-based Trimont. The deal is expected to make Trimont the largest servicer of multifamily and commercial loans in the U.S. The transaction includes only Wells Fargo’s non-agency, third-party commercial mortgage servicing (CMS) business.

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Opinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

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So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? Market conditions have certainly trended downward for residential or commercial real estate. Right now, we’re generally seeing more mixed-use developments and multifaceted commercial projects.

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Stronghill Capital shuts down consumer, correspondent lending

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Small-balance commercial lender Stronghill Capital shut down its nascent consumer and correspondent lending businesses late last week. The Austin, Texas-based lender will continue offering small-balance commercial and business purpose debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) loans to its clients, CEO John Eisinger told HousingWire Monday morning.

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‘There will be bank failures,’ Fed chief tells lawmakers

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banks to fail in the coming months because of declining values and defaults in their commercial real estate loan portfolios. We have identified the banks that have high commercial real estate concentrations, particularly office and retail and other [property types] that have been affected a lot,” Powell said. in Q2 2023.

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Barr: Fed is taking ‘thoughtful approach’ to Basel III rules

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The Fed is mainly concerned with financial institutions that have high concentrations in commercial real estate, primarily the office sector, where there are significant “expected price declines.”

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CoStar’s billion-dollar marketing spend to include four Super Bowl ads

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CoStar said it plans to continue running the commercials throughout the rest of 2024, including during major TV broadcasts like the Oscars and the NBA playoffs. “Dan Levy and Heidi Gardner are two incredible talents, and they are clearly in tune with the way America looks at real estate online,” Florance said.

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Keller Williams adds four new faces to executive team

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Additionally, the firm appointed Cynthia Lee as the president of KW Commercial and Alicia Shepherd as the vice president of KW Commercial. “I continue to be inspired by the work and the culture of KW,” said Elder. “A A true sense of family helping family exists here.”