How will they affect borrowers in the long run? When Congress passed section 4021 of the CARES Act in response to the effects of COVID-19, the intent was to help borrowers who were having problems making their mortgage payments. Little did Congress realize they were potentially setting up borrowers for trouble in the future when [...]
Here’s how one experienced real estate investor managed operations during COVID-19. Real estate investors had been musing about a market correction, but no one was ready for the impact of COVID-19. Still, it’s not all bad. A seasoned real estate investor can see beyond the fear mongering and bleak forecast. However you want to view [...]
The value of diversified capital sources—and why the biggest opportunity may still lie ahead. No one saw this coming. At least not like this. We have been talking about the next recession since we got out of the last one. Now that it’s here, some lenders seem to be affected more than others. Many lenders [...]
The industry is focused on strengthening itself rather than rebuilding. On March 19, 2020, California announced the nation’s first statewide shelter-in-place order. Within weeks, 44 more states followed suit. The national economy was effectively shut down. In the private lending industry, where we think of ourselves as insulated from Wall Street’s whims, we were quickly [...]
The U.S. federal $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill included a $349 billion relief for small businesses called the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to support job retention and other specified expenses. The PPP loan is an addition to the existing federal loan programs, including SBA’s traditional 7(a) loan and the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) [...]
by Ray Sturm and Ryan Craft Uncertainty during personal and economic danger is hard to endure. However, in the weeks and months ahead lenders and investors alike will be forced to make decisions with incomplete information. In times like these, with the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the incredible speed at which things [...]
Here’s how 2020 is shaping up for private lenders. What is the state of the private lending industry in the U.S.? Unlike the national housing market, there is no such thing as a national private lending market. There are 392 defined Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the country. If you consider the distribution of the remaining regional economic [...]
How the coronavirus is affecting the private lending sector With the world reacting to the effects of the fast-spreading coronavirus, health officials and economists alike are looking to history to help predict both its advance and its lasting impacts. Nothing recent—like H1N1, SARS, Ebola or the seasonal flu—have proven accurate or particularly helpful models. Instead, scientists and the media are increasingly making comparisons [...]
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