Slowing banks are becoming more confident in the commercial real estate market. Find out more about the types of deals that are getting done and how banks are helping.

In what appears to be a sign of things to come, U.S. Bank recently closed on an $18 million construction loan for NoBe Bay, a 98-unit waterfront condominium project.

Will 2012 bring access to more commercial real estate loans? Economist, Dr. Chandan, discusses the effects of legacy distress on the market.

Dr. Sam Chandan | GlobeSt.com

As reported in our most recent Bank Default and Lending Report, the combined default rate on banks’ commercial and multifamily mortgage loans fell to 3.75 percent in the third quarter of 2011.

By Chris Macke | CoStar

Despite the fact that our legislators in Washington are having a difficult time finding a way forward on a mutually acceptable agreement to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, almost everyone in Washington agrees that federal spending must be reduced.