CHICAGO, IL--In a tight credit market, Cambridge Realty Capital Companies reports processing 26 loan origination requests totaling $538.4 million during the first month of the New Year.
The actual number of origination requests in January was down from 33 for the same month last year. But dollar volume was ahead of last January’s $512.5 million total, said Cambridge Chairman Jeffrey A. Davis. (
photo top right)“It’s hard to read too much into totals for a single month, but the pattern established last year appears to be holding. Origination requests are down but volume totals are holding their own,” he said.
In 2007, loan origination requests at Cambridge were down 20 percent but the total volume of these loans, $4.49 billion, was slightly ahead of the previous year.
Davis points out that lenders close a relatively small percentage of the loan origination requests they receive. But it’s useful to track this information as an indication of market directions, he believes.
Privately owned since its founding in 1983 as a real estate investment banker specializing in commercial real estate properties, Cambridge emerged in the 1990s as one of the nation’s leading senior housing and healthcare debt and equity capital providers, closing more than 300 such transactions totaling more than $2.75 billion since then.
The company is one of the nation's leading HUD 232 FHA / MAP-approved lenders and also has an integrated debt / equity financing strategy that includes direct property acquisitions and joint ventures; sale / leasebacks for clients; conventional and mezzanine debt financing; and acquisition of distressed debt. Additionally, Cambridge offers a wide array of conventional lending options for senior housing / healthcare owners, including permanent construction and interim loans on either a floating or variable rate basis.
Cambridge is the creator of The Signature Experience™, a four-step process designed to transform the traditional lender / borrower relationship and identify “ideal” capital solutions for worthy projects. The company has created four separate processes for customer groups that are designed to build and enhance long-term relationship potential and speed the way loans are processed and closed.
Programs include The Key To Capital™ for senior housing owners, The Navigator Experience™ for senior housing brokers and mortgage bankers, The Principal Lender Network™ for lenders who refer loans to Cambridge, and The Relationship Building Experience™ for various industry-related consultants, including lawyers and accountants.
The company has a regional office in New York, affiliate office in Los Angeles, and correspondent relationships nationwide. The firm also has established key origination relationships and a dozen or more Internet-based strategies.
Cambridge’s award-winning Web site, www.cambridgecap.com, provides monthly rate updates for its debt and equity capital programs. The company also publishes the bi-monthly e-PULSE electronic newsletter, which delivers company news and feature stories via e-mail to corporate friends and clients.
For additional information, contact Cambridge at (312) 357-1601 or via e-mail at
info@cambridgecap.com.
Contact:Evan Washington
Phone: (312) 521-7603
Fax: (312) 357-1611
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ORANGE CITY, FL – Marcus & Millichap, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has announced the sale of Zaxby’s, (photo top right) a 3,159 square foot net leased restaurant, according to Greg Matus, Regional Manager of the firm’s Orlando office.
