Hunter Brink's (hunterbrinkrci) Blog

Capital Stack is a term that gets used a lot in our industry but is not well understood by many brokers new to commercial finance. In a commercial transaction, there is usually a mix of types of financing that combine to create the capital stack. If you were to look at a diagram of the capital st...

The Challenge:An institutional equity investor obtained an aggregate of nearly $282.3 million to acquire two separate and diverse portfolios. One consisted of 14 office and warehouse buildings. The other contained four independent living properties in two states. In both cases, Remington Capital ...

If the third and fourth quarters of last year are any indication, then deal volume is returning to thecommercial real estate markets. According to CoStar COMPs, sales volume for commercial propertiesnearly doubled from about $22 billion of deals in the first quarter of 2010 to almost $36 billion ...

Need capital for a retail center, but can't find a willing lender? Got a client with a bowling alley that the banks won't refinance because it's a special purpose property? Tired of hearing, "No can do," when a client's property is underwater and its mortgage is maturing? Then call Remington Capi...

Banks have an array of challenges in the commercial finance arena, but one standout issue is investing in the right opportunities, both from a lending and infrastructure perspective, while trying to understand when the uncertain economic seas will calm and how the landscape will look afterwards. ...

Many Commercial lenders use the WSJ Prime rate as the base rate for commercial lending. I get questions almost every time a loan is structured using the "Prime Rate" Here is a bit of insight to understanding our "Prime Rate" and why it is used. The Wall Street Journal prime rate is the rate set b...

The global commercial real estate community has come alive. It's bouncing back. And it looks like our decision to extend Remington's international presence beyond our existing regional offices in the U.S., Mexico and Australia couldn't have come at a better time. As a company, Remington has alway...

Nearly two-thirds of loans sold last year were performing loans. I expect non-performing loans to grab a higher percentage this year. A case study showed one company had whole loan and subordinate debt sales consisted of $6.1 billion in performing and non-performing loans. 2010 was a more preempt...

Although activity is not as strong as it was at the peak in 2007, there is very strong interest. There is a lack of quality assets in the market, so everything that goes out gets a lot of interest. We're seeing good interest and buyer demand from REITs, private equity, institutions and operators,...

There are about $40 billion of hotel properties that are distressed today, and more are expected to slip underwater by mid-year. These are not just large high-priced properties in upscale, urban core markets. The problem is widespread and exists to some degree in just about every market. Now that...