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Participating preferred equity emerges as alternative lending structure amid choppy deal-making environment.

Increasing volatility has made REIT earnings less of a clear window into broader market valuations.

Bridging short-term cash shortages, this option can help borrowers buy time.

Student housing lenders see a bright outlook for the sector, but are cautious about the potential for spread compression as the sector becomes more popular with institutional investors.

A look at Trinity Real Estate Investments and Credit Suisse Asset Management’s $835 million purchase of the Diplomat Beach Resort.

PIMCO-backed Columbia Property Trust defaulted on $1.7bn in February.

More debt investors are looking at financing office-to-residential conversions.

Freddie Mac has continually expanded its multifamily lending presence over the past decade and has its sights set on more broad and innovative measures to keep momentum rolling through present market volatility.

While there has been recovery in the retail and lodging sectors, challenges remain.

With recovery underway in the US hotel sector, securitisation activity is gradually picking up in select sub-sectors – albeit with more conservative underwriting.