Perspectives on commercial real estate markets, interest rate trends, and firm updates from the Core Equity Capital team.
Q3 2026 multifamily transaction volume continues to climb, driven by stabilizing cap rates, improved debt availability, and sustained investor appetite for residential assets amid a persistent national housing shortage.
The Federal Reserve's decision to hold the federal funds rate unchanged signals a potential turning point for commercial real estate debt markets. We explore what this means for sponsors seeking bridge and permanent financing.
Core Equity Capital is pleased to announce an expanded focus on Southeast markets including Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, where population growth and strong economic fundamentals continue to drive commercial real estate activity.
While office and retail face ongoing headwinds, industrial logistics assets and manufactured housing communities continue to demonstrate resilient fundamentals. Here's our current view on where we see the strongest risk-adjusted lending opportunities.
Atlanta delivered over 18,000 new multifamily units in 2024, creating short-term rent pressure — but strong in-migration and employment diversification continue to support long-term fundamentals across the metro.
After a sharp cap-rate expansion in 2022–2023, Southeast multifamily and industrial assets are beginning to re-compress as rate cut expectations improve sentiment. We examine where value lies today.
A practitioner's guide to the three primary debt underwriting metrics — DSCR, LTV, and Debt Yield — how lenders use them, where thresholds sit today, and how to stress-test your deal before going to market.
With SOFR moving 50–100 bps in either direction, the impact on deal-level DSCR and maximum loan proceeds can be dramatic. We walk through sensitivity tables for a typical 200-unit Southeast multifamily deal.
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Practical tools and reference materials for multifamily real estate debt underwriting, deal structuring, and market analysis.
Core Equity Capital's Q1 2026 outlook covering national debt markets, multifamily fundamentals, Southeast regional focus, and opportunities in Atlanta and beyond.
A comprehensive walkthrough of underwriting multifamily bridge and permanent debt, covering DSCR floors, LTV thresholds, debt yield tests, and reserve requirements.
A fully-built Excel pro-forma template for multifamily acquisitions, with integrated rent roll, expense model, debt service calculations, and IRR waterfall.
Interactive sensitivity tables illustrating how changes in NOI, interest rate, and amortization affect DSCR, LTV, and debt yield — essential for stress-testing loan scenarios.
Three anonymized deal case studies covering bridge-to-perm executions in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Nashville — including capital stack, challenges, and exit outcomes.
Our team can provide deal-specific underwriting support, market comp packages, and capital stack guidance.