Backshop owner CMBS.com expands its offerings in partnership with SitusAMC

Sausalito, CA (Aug. 20, 2024) – CMBS.com, owner of the industry leading Backshop commercial real estate loan origination, management and servicing platform, today announced a strategic partnership with SitusAMC, a leading provider of services and technology to the commercial and residential real estate finance industry. As part of the partnership, SitusAMC will transition ownership of CLOSER, […]

CMBS 4.0 project announced at CREFC Conference, which was surprisingly upbeat

I just returned from New York from the annual CREFC conference. Compared to the last gathering in January 2024 in Miami, the mood was generally glass-half-full. Maybe everyone was in a good mood because the trade organization was celebrating 30 years, or because Trevor Noah did an amazing job talking about the power of diversity […]

Checking in on 9/11

Today marks the 22nd anniversary of 9/11 and the 15th anniversary of this blog. If you read the first post you’ll see how the events of 9/11 are part of our founding story: The history of Backshop and CMBS.com The anniversary of 9/11 always gets me thinking about the formation of this company and the […]

Automate your quarterly CMBS servicer reporting

I hope this post finds you healthy, prosperous and vaccinated. Gratefully, we are all three here. There’s been a lot going on, and I’ve not posted in a while, so here is the update. We launched our dedicated tool for CMBS borrowers to support their quarterly servicer reporting requirements. If you have a CMBS loan, […]

Checking In on 9/11

Today marks the 12th year I’ve been writing this blog, which I started to provide an inside perspective on how financial reform would affect the CMBS finance markets and, more importantly, provide commentary on how it should. In my opinion, data transparency is the single most important factor in ensuring the markets stay fair, honest […]

Your all-in-one CRE Debt Software Tool

In the 20 years since we founded Backshop, we have created an all-in-one CRE software tool that services all aspects of the debt business. Our capabilities now include: Deal Origination, Asset Management, Master Servicing, Special Servicing Mezzanine Lending with Fund and CLO Reporting CMBS Origination, Bond Analytics and IRP data via API Workflows, Approvals, Dashboards, […]

CMBS.com is a Winner of the Most Prestigious Award in Commercial Real Estate Tech

CMBS.com celebrates great achievement in the Real Estate Tech Awards (#RETAS) New York, NY (September 5, 2019) — CMBS.com, CRE Software and CMBS Data for Property Owners and Professionals, is pleased to announce that they are a Sixth Annual Real Estate Tech Awards (#RETAS) winner in the Information & Intelligence category presented by CREtech, the […]

Leaping Toward Asset Transparency

A new rent-roll reporting standard promises to improve underwriting and commercial real estate investment management Reasonable people can disagree about whether specific provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act go too far in regulating financial institutions and instruments, but few would argue with the intent of the law as stated upfront […]

Join the data revolution: CMBS data, CRM and full-stack deal modeling for all CRE players

With the launch of our new Professional software, we’re making the power of our Backshop enterprise CRE platform available to individuals and small groups.

CREFC West Coast Conference and SailGP

I just returned from Santa Monica, CA where I attended the CREFC West Coast Summit to get an update on the market. The main takeaway: The low rate, high value environment will likely stay for a while, but investors are weary because the cycle is so old.