Open To Close: Navigating The Commercial Real Estate Loan Process Borrowers, lenders, and their counsel rely on a loan closing checklist to keep track of documents that must be examined or prepared to finalize and close a commercial mortgage loan. This does not have to be a daunting or intimidating…

As featured in GlobeSt.com January 24, 2023 Projects scheduled to start construction in the next 12 months are up 14%. By Paul Bergeron | January 24, 2023 All stages of hotel construction in the US experienced positive YOY growth through Q4, according to the most recent Construction Pipeline Trend Report…

Small businesses are facing the toughest lending environment in decades as the recent Fed-initiated rate hike ripples through the economy. Over the previous 9 months, interest rates have risen by 4.25%. It is easy to forget that interest rates were at historic lows at the beginning of the year. For…

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE investors often seek a bridge loan if they are unable to obtain a conventional loan from a bank. These short-term solutions provided by alternative lenders are used for a variety of reasons property rehabilitation and improvement, construction completion, or using the cash toward the purchase of another…

Avatar Financial Group has been included in Connect CRE Top Mortgage Brokers and Lenders 2022 Awards. The firm has closed $111 million in commercial mortgage bridge loans in 2021, and since its 2003 founding closed over $1B total. These awards recognize industry professionals who have demonstrated the highest standards in…

Local shop Avatar Financial Group announced its recent provision of bridge loans totaling $5.8 million for four out-of-town properties. The beneficiaries were two industrial buildings in Marietta, Georgia; a Days Inn by Wyndham hotel in Clinton, North Carolina; and the buyer of an industrial property near Chicago. Avatar’s T.R. Hazelrigg…