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Market reads. June 15, 2026: inflation spiked, read the fine print · 5 things borrowers need to know · Jobs, rates, and CRE finance · Interest rates and Fed policy · Week of April 27, 2026
From the archive. Finding flexibility in capital sourcing · Foreign national funding · Fast financing in an unpredictable economy · Accelerating cash flow debt-free · Risks and opportunities
What is a CMBS loan? A commercial mortgage pooled into a bond trust. See the terms, the balloon math and the servicer rules before you sign one...
What is a CMBS loan? A commercial mortgage pooled into a bond trust. See the terms, the balloon math and the servicer rules before you sign one...
How do commercial bridge loans work? See how a bridge is sized, priced off SOFR, extended and repaid, with the exit math run on a hypothetical loan...
Defeasance on a commercial mortgage swaps your property for Treasury securities as collateral. See how yields set the cost and when it's worth paying...
Debt yield in commercial real estate is NOI divided by the loan. See how lenders use it to size a refinance, and work out your own gap before maturity...
How does a commercial mortgage broker get paid? By a fee in a signed agreement. Who pays it, what earns it, and the break-even math on a 1% fee...
Recourse vs non-recourse commercial loan: who pays a shortfall, what Fed data says recourse saves, and the carve-outs that undo non-recourse...
By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. More than $600M in commercial real estate deal experience. California DRE #02093377. Last updated October 2026. To get a commercial property loan...
By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. More than $600M in commercial real estate deal experience. California DRE #02093377. Last updated October 2026. Yes, you can do a cash-out...
By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. More than $600M in commercial real estate deal experience. California DRE #02093377. Last updated October 2026. When a commercial real estate...
By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. More than $600M in commercial real estate deal experience. California DRE #02093377. Last updated September 2026. CRE lending trends in Q3 2026...
By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. More than $600M in commercial real estate deal experience. California DRE #02093377. Last updated September 2026. An industrial property bridge...
By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. More than $600M in commercial real estate deal experience. California DRE #02093377. Last updated September 2026. A grocery-anchored shopping...
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