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George Comfort & Sons is continuing a run of good news at a Midtown South office tower. The landlord of 200 Madison Avenue, alongside Loeb Partners Realty and Jamestown, landed a $386 million loan to refinance the property, the Commercial Observer reported. The floating-rate debt carries a three-year term and includes a pair of one-year…

Develop North PLC has completed a £1.25 million hotel financing transaction in Edinburgh, converting a Georgian townhouse into a 16-bedroom hotel that has since been refinanced through a long-term commercial mortgage. The real estate investment company provided the funding to AM Number Three Ltd in March 2025, secured against 3 John’s Place in Leith. The…

According to ATTOM’s just released August 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, 40,277 U.S. properties had foreclosure filings in total, including default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions, up 1 percent from the previous month and 13 percent from a year ago. ATTOM August 2026 Foreclosure Market Report – Top Ten States with the Largest Annual…

Geopolitical shocks and market memory: evidence from crypto and energy assets during the Russo-Ukrainian war – Journal of Energy Markets Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content The Russo-Ukrainian conflict significantly disrupts financial markets by increasing return predictability and volatility persistence, challenging the weak-form Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). Both cryptocurrencies and energy assets…

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($832,750 or less) rose to 6.81% from 6.76% the prior week. The effective rate on the same product climbed to 6.99%, its highest level since July 2025, according to Oxford Economics data derived from the MBA survey. Jumbo 30-year rates edged up…