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Commercial Mortgage Broker Financial Compound arrange this 65% of all-in-cost land acquisition and entitlement loan for a 7 acre infill residential site in Southern California.  A tentative tract map is expected within four months of loan closing that would allow for 150 town homes. In addition to the land purchase, the financing provides funds for entitlement, interest […]

Commercial Mortgage Lenders:  $13.5 million loan modification and extension This commercial mortgage lender originated a loan on a well located mixed use property in Los Angeles.  At the time of loan maturity, the property was mostly vacant with no practical refinance in sight.  Commercial mortgage broker Financial Compound worked with the borrower and lender to help determine a […]

Apartment loans:  $9 million loan workout and refinance for portfolio in Los Angeles Commercial Mortgage Broker Financial Compound resolve these non-performing apartment loans, secured and cross collateralized by an apartment portfolio in Los Angeles.  We structured a loan refinance with the existing lender accepting a discounted payoff of the loan, as well as waiving prepayment penalties.  Financial Compound […]

Commercial real estate finance:  Financial Fridays October through December 2010  Join us for commercial real estate Financial Fridays, our weekly underwriting training sessions.  We are opening up the laboratory to new prospective staffmembers and those curious to learn about what goes on under the hood of a financial instrument.  University of Financial Technologies takes place at noon on Fridays in our conference room in Santa […]

CMBA 13th annual Western States Commercial Real Estate Finance Conference. This conference is being held at Encore at the Wynn, Las Vegas from September 29, 2010 through October 1, 2010.  With the credit crunch that began in 2007 the commercial lending marketplace has evolved into a leaner group.  Touted as the largest gathering of lenders in the western […]

Commercial Mortgage Broker Financial Compound to attend and participate in the 13th annual Western States Commercial Real Estate Finance Conference.  This conference is being held at Encore at the Wynn, Las Vegas from September 29th through October 1.   Touted as the largest gathering of lenders in the western U.S., this conference represents an important exchange of information […]

Hard Money Commercial Loans:  borrowers with bad credit ok Financial Compound closed a $600,000 hard money commercial loan for the refinance of a primary residence in Los Angeles.  The borrower is a whistleblower who took aim at unscrupulous practices by his employer, a dominant player, and was fired.  As a result, his credit deteriorated and he […]

Commercial Mortgage Lenders: Current Transactions Available for Capital Providers Financial Compound is pleased to announce a new page on our website which presents our current financing requests on behalf of our borrower clients.  The format contains pertinent underwriting and transaction information within a couple of sentences that should allow a commercial mortgage lender or joint venture equitiy provider to […]

Commercial Mortgage Lenders:  Banks making construction loans in Arizona Financial Compound contact in excess of 60 commercial mortgage lenders  in order to obtain a $4.5 million construction loan for a 20% pre-leased retail center in Arizona.  In addition to this feat of finding a construction loan post-credit crunch, the loan represents 90% of construction cost.  The […]

Commercial Mortgage Lenders:  Aggressive Life Insurance Company lending Commercial mortgage broker Financial Compound has arranged a $13 million refinance for this Class A medical office building in southern Califonia near a major hospital.    Loan terms include a 5.80% interest rate; 10 year loan with a 30 year amortization; 60 day free rate lock; No lender […]

As a result of the credit crunch that began in 3rd quarter 2007, finding a commercial real estate loan has become more difficult.  Additionally a number of new or off the radar screen companies have emerged claiming to be lenders when they are in fact not lenders. Sometimes they are brokers pretending to be lenders, […]

Commercial Mortgage Lenders in the Banking Sector Oftentimes when a bank was failing, the FDIC looked for a compatible bank and sold to the acquiring bank most of the assets, and  kept the toxic assets for FDIC to handle on their own.  In 2009 the FDIC revived a technique that had been used a bit […]