David Bodamer

National Real Estate Investor has launched the latest upgrade of its industry-leading Web site.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage originations ended 2012 24 percent higher than 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s commercial/multifamily mortgage bankers originations index.

Hurricane Sandy has passed, but the process of picking up the pieces has only just begun.

Here’s a look at some of the claims against the sector and some of the leading sponsors’ and analysts’ responses.

The revelation this summer that the London Inter Bank Overnight Rate (LIBOR) has been the subject of manipulation sent shockwaves around the globe. If that rate—one of the cornerstones of the banking system—is being gamed, is there anything that we can trust?

The alleged manipulation of a key interest rate could change the terms of some loans.

Last October, BGC Partners surprised everyone by getting into the commercial real estate business. The firm, an inter-dealer brokerage spun off from financial services giant Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. in 2004, acquired Newmark Knight Frank. Then, six months later, it struck again, acquiring the assets of Grubb & Ellis Co...