Customers Bancorp Inc. Announces Earnings for Second Quarter 2012
Total loans increased by $ 445 million or 30% over the first quarter of 2012 to $ 1.9 billion. This was primarily driven by low risk mortgage loans held for sale and very small term mortgage warehouse loans rising by about $ 350 million. Multifamily Loans …
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Second Quarter Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations Up 25 Percent …
"Commercial and multifamily mortgage lending and borrowing continued to pick up in the second quarter," said Jamie Woodwell, MBA's Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research. "Low interest rates and continued stabilization and growth in the …
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MBA: Multifamily/commercial mortgage originations swell 25% in 2Q
The annual increase includes a 19% jump in the dollar volume of loans for multifamily properties, a 56% boost for retail properties, a 22% rise for hotel properties, a 15% increase for office properties and an 11% increase in health care property loans.
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Apartment Finance Today
BY DEREK MEARNS. Three and a half years ago, a new administration took the helm at the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). And it's been a very eventful few years. The former “lender of last resort” became the go-to source for construction funds …
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