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Northmarq Arranges Refis for Three Texas Rental Communities

Texas + Houston-Galveston + Finance | August 11, 2026

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U.S.-Japan Yen Intervention Puts Global Interest Rates in Focus

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U.S.-Japan Yen Intervention Puts Global Interest Rates in Focus

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Latest Atlanta & Southeast Finance Stories

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Southern Land Obtains Refinancing for Charleston Apartments

Atlanta & Southeast + Southeast + Finance | August 27, 2025

Southern Land Company refinanced the construction debt of Society at Laurens, a 148-unit apartment community in Charleston, South Carolina. Walker & Dunlop arranged a three-year bridge loan of $75 million with Aareal Capital. The W&D Capital Markets team, led by Walker Layne, Matt Wallach and Stephen West, served as advisors to Southern Land Company. The property has 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and …

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NewStar Acquires Suburban BTR, Launches 1031 DST

Atlanta & Southeast + Atlanta Metro + Delaware + Finance | September 15, 2023

NewStar Exchange, a subsidiary of NewStar Asset Management, acquired Tranquil Gardens, a single-family rental subdivision located in Woodstock, GA, an Atlanta suburb. The 95% leased property was acquired on behalf of a newly launched 1031 Delaware Statutory Trust offering, NewStar 6 Tranquil Gardens BTR, DST. “We are excited to announce our sixth investment since launching NewStar …

Latest Boston & New England Finance Stories

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MassDevelopment Adds Bran Shim as New CFO

Boston & New England + Boston + Finance | August 10, 2026

MassDevelopment announced that Bran Shim has joined the agency as EVP and CFO. Shim will serve as a member of the agency’s executive team and provide enterprise-wide financial leadership and stewardship, including oversight of all financial and accounting functions for the agency. “Bran Shim has spent more than a decade helping strengthen the Commonwealth’s financial foundation through …

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Davis Companies Names Equity Capital Markets Lead

Boston & New England + Boston + Finance | August 4, 2026

The Davis Companies, headquartered in Boston, announced the appointment of Douglas Doughty as managing director of equity capital markets. Based in Davis’ New York City Office, Doughty will work working closely with the company’s Investor Relations, Investments and senior leadership team headed by CEO Stephen Davis. “Doug joins Davis at an exciting point in the firm’s growth – as we …

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VersaBank Sells Only Minnesota Branch Back to Stearns

Chicago & Midwest + Canada + Midwest + Finance | March 30, 2026

VersaBank, a Canadian digital bank, is selling certain assets of its only Minnesota branch back to Stearns Bank Holdingford, which it purchased nearly two years ago. VersaBank says it will result in a one-time, non-cash write-off of approximately $1.7 million, with minimal financial impact. Stearns Bank is headquartered in Minnesota and has branches in Minnesota, …

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LI-Based Esquire Bank Expands Reach with Signature Bank Chicago Deal

New York & Tri-State + Chicago & Midwest + Long Island + Finance | March 13, 2026

Jericho, NY-based Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Esquire Bank, will acquire Signature Bancorporation in an all-stock transaction valued at $348 million. The combined company will have approximately $4.8 billion in assets at closing, combining Esquire’s established national verticals with Rosemont, IL-based Signature’s established Chicago commercial banking franchise. “This merger is compelling on …

Latest Florida & Gulf Coast Finance Stories

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Where C-PACE Financing Creates an Edge in Multifamily — Insights from Loren Biller

Florida & Gulf Coast + Florida + Finance | November 20, 2025

Some developers overlook C-PACE when planning multifamily financing simply because they’re less familiar with it than traditional options. Loren Biller, SVP of Originations at PACE Loan Group, is a featured speaker at Connect Southeast Multifamily coming up on December 4th in Key Biscayne and we caught up with him in advance of the event to explore the unique characteristics …

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Continua, Oldtown Snag $50M Financing for Miami Apartments

Florida & Gulf Coast + South Florida + Finance | September 5, 2025

Continua Developments and Oldtown Capital Partners landed a $40 million senior loan from First American Bank for the Urbania NoMi 125 St. project in Miami. The developers of the 195-unit multifamily community also secured a $10 million preferred equity investment from Waterton Residential. The Urbania NoMi is a 12-story multifamily development on a 1.3-acre site at 1150 Northeast 125th Street. Construction began …

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U.S.-Japan Yen Intervention Puts Global Interest Rates in Focus

National + Global + Finance | August 12, 2026

Executive Summary Japan and the United States recently jointly intervened to support the yen after the currency weakened to nearly ¥164 per dollar, its lowest level in roughly four decades. The operation briefly drove the yen to ¥155.20, its strongest level since May, before it surrendered part of the gain and settled near ¥157.50. The …

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Savills Finalizes Eastdil Secured Acquisition for #2 Global Advisory on Large CRE Deals

Global + Finance | August 4, 2026

Savills Plc has completed its acquisition of Eastdil Secured LLC, for an enterprise value of US$1.1125 billion (approximately £827 million). The proposed acquisition was announced this past March. Eastdil Secured will be rebranded to “Eastdil Secured Savills” with immediate effect and will continue to operate its existing business model within Savills Group, as the Group’s Real Estate …

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U.S.-Japan Yen Intervention Puts Global Interest Rates in Focus

National + Global + Finance | August 12, 2026

Executive Summary Japan and the United States recently jointly intervened to support the yen after the currency weakened to nearly ¥164 per dollar, its lowest level in roughly four decades. The operation briefly drove the yen to ¥155.20, its strongest level since May, before it surrendered part of the gain and settled near ¥157.50. The …

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Mortgage Bankers Association: CRE Lending Volume Up 16% Year-Over-Year

National + Finance | August 7, 2026

Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 16% higher in the second quarter of 2026 than in the year-ago period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. Dollar volume increased 12% from Q1 of 2026, MBA said. Increased originations for retail, office, hotel, industrial and multifamily properties led …

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Slate Property Group Closes $1B Separately Managed Account for Secured Residential Loans

New York & Tri-State + Midtown New York + Finance | July 31, 2026

Slate Property Group said Friday it has closed on a new Separately Managed Account (SMA) with up to $1 billion of capital dedicated to sourcing and originating lower-leverage senior secured residential construction and bridge loans. Loans for residential developments in high-growth, transit-oriented East Coast markets will be the primary focus. “The new SMA complements and further diversifies our …

Latest Phoenix & Southwest Finance Stories

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PNC Rebranding 82 FirstBank Colorado Branch Locations

Phoenix & Southwest + Denver + Finance | July 7, 2026

PNC Bank paid $4.1 billion for FirstBank Holding Co. earlier this year. Now, PNC is taking down the FirstBank signs and replacing them with their own at 82 branches throughout Colorado. PNC now has 120 branches statewide. The Denver Business Journal reports FirstBank was the state’s largest until PNC took it over. PNC is the nation’s …

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Recap from Connect Phoenix Multifamily 2026 – The Phoenix Factor and the State of Insurance and Risk in a Growth Market

Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Finance | April 17, 2026

Amid ongoing market volatility, tightening credit conditions, and elevated interest rates, lenders are navigating a more complex and disciplined commercial real estate environment. At Connect Phoenix Multifamily 2026, Wm. Ryan Donahue, Vice President, Business Insurance Division at Marsh McLennan Agency, spoke with Sarah Quinn, Co-founder and Vice President of Connect Commercial Real Estate, about the …

Latest Seattle & Northwest Finance Stories

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$79M Bridge Loan Finances Senior Living Portfolio in Oregon, Montana

Seattle & Northwest + Oregon + Finance | August 15, 2025

JLL Securities and JLL Capital Markets have arranged approximately $79.32 million in tax-exempt, floating-rate bank financing for Integrated Senior Foundation’s acquisition of three senior living communities in Oregon and Montana. JLL worked on behalf of ISF, a nonprofit provider, to secure a low spread bridge loan, financing the acquisition at 103% LTC. The JLL Securities team …

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Keelbase Capital Launches, Eyes $105B CRE Opportunity

Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Finance | July 16, 2025

Keelbase Capital, a Seattle-based real estate investment firm, has launched a strategic focus to capitalize on an emerging trend in major U.S. markets: systemic overleverage, driven by depressed asset values and the rebound from a period of near-zero interest rates. Keelbase Capital plans to deploy $125 million to $250 million in private credit over the …

Latest Texas Finance Stories

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Northmarq Arranges Refis for Three Texas Rental Communities

Texas + Houston-Galveston + Finance | August 11, 2026

Francis Property Management inked a $68.7 million refinancing on three Texas multifamily communities. Northmarq’s Debt + Equity deal team led by Taylor Francis, along with David Blum, Joe Giordani, Charlie Buckingham and Matt Radich arranged the permanent fixed-rate financing for the three-property Class A multifamily portfolio totaling 940 units located in Houston and San Antonio, Texas. Each loan was structured on a …

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Texas Stock Exchange Starts Trading Operations

Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Finance | July 7, 2026

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) officially launched on Monday, beginning trading operations from its headquarters in Dallas. The exchange operates from Weir’s Plaza on Knox Street, but has signed a lease at the Bank of America Tower at Parkside, under construction in Uptown. The launch marks the beginning of a phased rollout that supporters believe could fundamentally reshape the American financial …

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Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners Closes $167M in Debt Investments

Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Maryland + Finance | March 5, 2026

Bethesda, Maryland-based Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners (WDIP) announced the closing of five debt transactions totaling $167.7 million, as part of the firm’s continued focus on multifamily bridge lending amid shifting credit market dynamics. As traditional lending channels continue to adjust, multifamily bridge financing remains a critical source of flexible capital for high-quality assets in …

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Walker & Dunlop Closes $240M LIHTC Investment Fund

Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Maryland + Finance | July 3, 2025

Bethesda-based Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has closed Fund 124, a $240 million multi-investor Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) investment fund aimed at advancing affordable housing solutions in fifteen key markets across the United States. The largest Walker & Dunlop LIHTC fund to date, Fund 124 will support the development of 18 properties in ten states: …

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