President Donald Trump – Commercial Observer

FHFA director Mark Calabria.

Finance · Industry

JP, Morgan Stanley to Advise GSEs in Planned Recaps, Conservatorship Exits [Updated]

By Mack Burke

Do Not Disturb Sign On Door Handle

Finance · CMBS

Stay of Execution: COVID-19 Has Hotel CMBS Backed into a Corner

By Mack Burke

Colony Capital president and CEO Tom Barrack authored a blog post Sunday calling for immediate action from the government to support the commercial mortgage market and ward off a possible credit crisis.

Finance · Coronavirus

Fed Answers Calls to Save CRE Debt Markets On the Verge of Catastrophe

By Mack Burke

Sign directing patients to a COVID-19 testing drive-up location outside Medstar St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, Maryland.

Coronavirus · Industry

HUD Mulling Plan to Convert Select Student Housing to Serve COVID-19 Patients

By Mack Burke

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

Finance · Coronavirus

CRE Financiers Weigh In on Fed Action, COVID-19 Fallout

By Mack Burke and Cathy Cunningham

President Donald Trump, center, poses with Eddie Debartolo Jr., left center, and his family.

Trump’s Pardons Extend to Real Estate Mogul DeBartolo Jr.

By Greg Cornfield

Lynne Patton, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's regional administrator for New York and New Jersey, in her offices in New York City.

Design + Construction · Players

Lynne Patton on the “Humanitarian Crisis” in NYC Housing

By Aaron Short

Real estate execs to Trump: "You can't sit with us."

Features · Players

Trump Versus NYC Landlords

By Sarika Gangar

ANCHIN'S ROBERT GILMAN (LEFT) AND MARC WIEDER HAVE SPENT MONTHS GEARING UP THEIR CLIENTS FOR THE 2018 TAX CODE CHANGES.

Finance · Features

Anchin’s Marc Wieder and Robert Gilman on What to Know About the New Tax Bill

By Nicholas Rizzi

The Trump administration's immigration policies have created uncertainty for a booming, labor-constrained construction industry.

Design + Construction · Construction

On Thin ICE: How Trump’s Immigration Stance Is Impacting the Construction Industry

By Aaron Short

As Trump Effect Hits International Travel, US Hotel Sector Feels the Pain

By Mack Burke

From left: David McCarthy, Marty Schuh, Lisa Pendergast, Christina Zausner, Michael Flood and Scott Sinder.

CREFC 2018: Reviewing an Obstinate Congress, CREFC Sees Half-Empty Glass

By Matt Grossman

Mark Zandi.

Finance · Players

Mark Zandi Talks Tax Reform and Real Estate Market Forces

By Cathy Cunningham