Mortgage Fraud

News and analysis about CRE's mortgage fraud crackdownNews and analysis about CRE's mortgage fraud crackdownNews and analysis about CRE's mortgage fraud crackdown

Newmark

Shallow Bay Chalamet & Fugazi First Positions

Oct 29, 2025

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11 min read

Shallow Bay Chalamet & Fugazi First Positions

Newmark's burn notice, Sapir sapped, plus: industrial deals broken down by value

Hiten Samtani

Billionaires

Oct 13, 2025

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13 min read

GP Tell-Alls & UBS O' Silber

Before you buy your own deals, read this, plus: Greene sees red Ross

Hiten Samtani, +1

Brookfield

Oct 10, 2025

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13 min read

660 Reasons to Smile

Zhang Xin's CRE reset, Nahla nuggs, plus: Silber gets Lyndy

Hiten Samtani

Brookfield

Oct 1, 2025

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10 min read

Meyer Under Fire & Billion to Bupkis

601W cap rates, RXR's OPM masterclass, Postscript: Fortress' Josh Pack

Hiten Samtani

Development

Sep 5, 2025

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11 min read

Juked Appraisals & Dirty Gold

Baltimore's hard-money problem, a 15X return, plus: who really needs reserves?

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

+14

Cohen's Price is Right & Related's De-risking Mastery

Jul 2, 2025

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14 min read

Cohen's Price is Right & Related's De-risking Mastery

Newsom guts Nimby weapon, LVMH-Kering corner crews, plus: Carlyle takes the stairs

Hiten Samtani

Agency Lending

Madison's Fannie Absolution & Carlyle's Walk-Up Wonder

Jun 20, 2025

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11 min read

Madison's Fannie Absolution & Carlyle's Walk-Up Wonder

Greenbrook makes a market, systemic nonbank risk & a Seattle surrender

Hiten Samtani

Agency Lending

+10

Drillman's Great Escape & The Magnificent (Chapter) Seven

Jun 18, 2025

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12 min read

Drillman's Great Escape & The Magnificent (Chapter) Seven

AUM gobbling explained, Meridian's loan for Schron, Barry's band of brothers, plus: bedlam in Baltimore

Hiten Samtani

Bill Pulte

+15

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Schwartz's Puretz Playbook

May 16, 2025

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14 min read

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Schwartz's Puretz Playbook

Traveling HFCs torpedoed, Freddie & Benefit Street axings, plus: a scammer finds a conscience

Hiten Samtani

Newmark

+16

Oh Miki You're So Fine & Wiener's Empire on the Brink

Mar 24, 2025

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11 min read

Oh Miki You're So Fine & Wiener's Empire on the Brink

Naftali strikes, Syndicator slammer time, Extell takes the Fifth, plus: To be a Tahari

Hiten Samtani

Mendy Steiner

+13

Mar 19, 2025

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13 min read

S3's Sizzle & Silber Gets Off Easy

Astoria Cove funded, crowd comes for CrowdStreet, plus: bettin' on Betesh

Hiten Samtani

Newmark

+15

Barnett Gets TASED, Related's Signature Coup & Arbor CLOses Out

Mar 14, 2025

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12 min read

Barnett Gets TASED, Related's Signature Coup & Arbor CLOses Out

Puretz's prisoner's dilemma, repo lines & how to put together a billion-dollar capstack

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

+14

Meridian's Freddie Restart & Jon Gray's Capital Convictions

Jan 3, 2025

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13 min read

Meridian's Freddie Restart & Jon Gray's Capital Convictions

The book of Eli (Puretz), a Fannie/Freddie freedom roadmap & Brookfield's Citadel boost

Hiten Samtani

Starwood

+17

CRE Storylines That Defined '24 – And Will Shape '25

Dec 30, 2024

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12 min read

CRE Storylines That Defined '24 – And Will Shape '25

The great debanking, tranche warfare, debt funds roar, syndicators whimper – and other key themes to watch

Hiten Samtani

Elie Schwartz

Dec 25, 2024

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9 min read

The Usual Suspects

Since everyone's working anyway...

Hiten Samtani

Donald Trump

+11

Essex Crossing Underwater & Single-Malt Buildings

Dec 20, 2024

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12 min read

Essex Crossing Underwater & Single-Malt Buildings

Kibitzing w/ Kushner, Deutsche's deed-in-lieu, plus: Inside Puretz's sentencing

Hiten Samtani

Starwood

NewPoint’s Unwanted Ride-or-Die & a Bombshell Yardi Ruling

Dec 11, 2024

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14 min read

NewPoint’s Unwanted Ride-or-Die & a Bombshell Yardi Ruling

The Meridian M&A wrinkle, rent-fixing thunderbolt, Cousins sets sail, plus: SY high street games

Hiten Samtani

Brokerage

Fannie's Blacklist Blitz & a SY Retail Coup

Dec 6, 2024

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10 min read

Fannie's Blacklist Blitz & a SY Retail Coup

Eastern Union & Sevenstone barred from agency deals, Laboz's DoBro ambitions, plus: Schwartz's day in court

Hiten Samtani

Floating Rate Reaper

Hizzoner's Turkish Delight & Aby's Denzel Defense

Sep 27, 2024

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14 min read

Hizzoner's Turkish Delight & Aby's Denzel Defense

Chasen shadows, mortgage fraud sentencing & a family feud smokescreen

Hiten Samtani

Mortgage Fraud