Unlike other past challenging market cycles, access to a wide range of well-capitalized, active lenders with a variety of programs and targeted allocations seeking out qualified loans sustains a competitive marketplace for borrowers. The sheer volume of lender liquidity still active in the marketplace today is heartening.

By Charlie Kokernak Featured in Multi-Housing News What lenders now understand about this seemingly homogenous property type. Self storage remains an attractive asset class for lenders and owners, but the category alone is no longer carrying the transaction. As we move through the second half of 2026, life companies, banks, credit unions, CMBS lenders and debt funds all remain active. Capital is available, and competition can be meaningful for the right request. At the same t

47% Year-Over-Year First Half Production Growth Highlights Active Commercial Real Estate Debt Marketplace with Range of Insurance Company, Bank, Agency, Credit Union, Conduit, and Debt Fund Financings; $23 Billion Servicing Portfolio Continues Strong Performance San Francisco, Calif. (July 21, 2026) – Gantry, the largest independent commercial mortgage banking firm in the U.S. is reporting $2.2 billion of commercial mortgage production through H1 2026, representing a 47% year

New Role Relocates Foley from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Commence with Earning his Price Dollinger Master in Real Estate Development Degree at the University of Southern California (USC) and Leading Commercial Real Estate Finance Assignments for Gantry’s Clients, Correspondents and Affiliate Lenders Gantry, the largest independent commercial mortgage banking firm in the U.S., has promoted Joe Foley to the role of Director within the firm’s client-facing loan production t

It’s hard to believe it has been just four months since I was driving down to San Diego for the MBA CREF last February, full of optimism that the Fed had adopted an easing bias, lender allocations were growing, transaction flow returning and an improving rate climate would be the defining story of 2026.

If there has been one consistent theme in the commercial real estate market in recent years, it’s been volatility. Geopolitical conflict, economic disruptions, and persistent inflation have created an environment few expected to normalize.