Big lenders finally swallow huge losses on distressed commercial real estate

Big lenders finally swallow huge losses on distressed commercial real estate

Commercial real estate lenders are done pretending. After years of waiting and hoping that the market would improve, they’re selling off debt on struggling US assets, sometimes writing down as much as 85% of the loan’s payoff amount. Lenders including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, as well as smaller companies, are showing … Read more