Real Estate

CRE Lending Trends, Q3 2026: What the Data Says If Your Loan Matures Soon

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 show lenders writing more loans, banks easing a little, and distress on existing loans staying high. Originations rose 16% year over year in the second quarter, […]

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Industrial Property Bridge Loan: What to Do When the Refinance Quote Falls Short

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 loan is short-term debt on a warehouse, distribution or flex building that the permanent market won’t size the way you need yet. In 2026 the binding constraint is

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Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center Loan: Why It Still Pencils in 2026

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 center loan is still one of the easier retail loans to get done in 2026, as long as the grocer is healthy, its lease runs past your loan term,

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Bank Won’t Renew Your Commercial Loan: The 2026 Options

By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. More than $600M in commercial real estate deal experience. California DRE #02093377. Last updated September 2026. When your bank won’t renew your commercial loan, one lender’s decision is not the market’s decision. Banks eased commercial real estate lending standards in 2026. Your bank still said no. Both of

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Indiana Multifamily Bridge Loan: When the Rent Never Showed Up

By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. More than $600M in commercial real estate deal experience. California DRE #02093377. Last updated September 2026. An Indiana multifamily bridge loan is what you use when the building is full, the market is healthy, and the loan on it still doesn’t refinance. In Atlanta or Phoenix a stuck

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Georgia Multifamily Bridge Loan: The 2026 Lease-Up Play in Atlanta

By Justin Ashcraft, President, Northern Ridge Capital. Last updated September 2026. A Georgia multifamily bridge loan is what you use when the property will qualify for permanent debt in eighteen months but the loan sitting on it comes due in six. That gap is the whole product. It isn’t a rescue and it isn’t hard

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CRE Market Update June 2026

CRE Market Update — June 2026: The Maturity Wall Meets a Higher-for-Longer Market

Our June 2026 CRE market update — a working broker’s read on what moved this week, what it means, and what to do if your $5M–$30M loan is heading toward maturity. If you own commercial property, the headline this week isn’t any single deal — it’s the collision between a massive wave of maturing debt

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