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The State of Private Real Estate Lending in 2026: Data, Trends, and Where Capital Is Flowing

The private lending market enters 2026 at an inflection point: banks are retreating, a historic wave of debt is maturing, and non-bank capital is filling the gap at record scale. This report pulls together the data investors and sponsors need to understand private real estate lending in 2026 — the numbers, the trends, and where […]

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Office-to-Residential Conversions Hit Critical Mass: Financing the 2026 Wave

Empty downtowns and a housing shortage are colliding into one of the decade’s biggest redevelopment trends. Developers had about 90,300 apartment units in the office-conversion pipeline in early 2026 — up 28% year over year and nearly four times the 2022 total. With cities layering on tax incentives, office to residential conversion financing has become […]