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STARTING JANUARY 1, ALL LOANS SECURITIZED BY FANNIE MAE MUST ADHERE TO THE UPDATED FANNIE 2.0 GUIDELINES. Recent changes to Fannie Mae’s guidance for performing multifamily Property Condition Assessments—known as Fannie […]

A PROPOSED PLAN REQUIRING MANDATORY RETROFITS OF WOOD-FRAME AND CERTAIN CONCRETE BUILDINGS IN LA… …has been announced. It’s an important step towards creating a more resilient city, but concerns have […]

MULTIFAMILY LENDERS ARE BIG BUSINESS FOR FREDDIE MAC. For multifamily lenders, small loans are big business. Small loans are estimated to make up almost 30% of the multifamily market. In […]

BY JAY GRENFELL, LEED AP |Published December 1, 2014  Published in California Mortgage Finance News San Francisco’s recent adoption of a Mandatory Soft Story Retrofit ordinance is highlighting in a new way that […]

IN AN EFFORT TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVELY INVOLVED IN THE SMALL BALANCE LOAN MARKET… In an effort to become more competitively involved in the small balance loan market and to […]

BOTH THE U.S. AND THE U.K. HAVE IMPLEMENTED REQUIREMENTS FOR CORPORATIONS… …to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. In the 1970s the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a rule […]

TRENDS IN THE HOUSING MARKET ARE ON THE UPSWING Trends in the housing market are on the upswing, and the stock market has shown remarkable earnings in the past year, […]

REQUIREMENTS TO UTILIZE MORE INNOVATIVE, OUT-OF-THE-BOX SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES When dealing with contaminated properties in residential and commercial settings, many developers are leveraging the cleanup process not just […]

KEN SISK DISCUSSES HOW A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT… … will deliver a better-designed, more valuable project. When it comes to Brownfield redevelopment, a multi-disciplinary approach that leverages civil engineering […]