Please Comment: What Will Happen in Commercial Real Estate in 2012 and 2013?

[Corey Dutton]

Commercial real estate foreclosures aren’t going away in 2012, experts say. Most believe that the recovery will take at least a couple more years on the commercial side. The residential side is another story altogether of course. But what do you think about the slide and recovery for commercial real estate? Please share.

Commercial loans, unlike home mortgages, are paid back over short durations. Five-year loans made in the final months before the financial crisis will come to term in 2012 and 2013, and conventional lenders may not be willing to restructure the loans when they come due. This presents an opportunity for private money and bridge loan lenders to step up and help refinance some of these loans. But what does the next 2 years hold for commercial real estate?

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