Entries by jimflaherty

Not Fade Away

September 11, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

I always pause to remember and honor the victims of 9/11, and I try to reflect and celebrate the spirit of camaraderie and selflessness that grew in the country after the attacks. I’ll be posting later in the week from Los Angeles, where we’ll be exhibiting at the CREtech conference. But for now, in the […]

Announcing our Property Markeplace

July 1, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

The release of our Marketplace is a huge step in completing our vision to bring commercial real estate online. Model and market your deals using the same data backbone the big enterprises use — with the convenience of the Web and the confidence of standardized data.

MISMO Releases Rent Roll Standards for Commercial Property

December 13, 2016 /0 Comments/in , /by

New language brings consistency, efficiency and accuracy to exchange of key property data WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 12, 2016 – The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO®) has released a new proposed data standard for the exchange of rent roll information on commercial property. The proposed standard is open for public comment. The public comment […]

New CRE standards are coming!

October 13, 2016 /0 Comments/in , /by

After blogging about MISMO and CRE data standards for years, I can finally say the new rent roll standard is ready for public comment. Thanks in large part to the efforts by Fannie Mae, we will release the MISMO XML rent roll standard at the MBA’s annual convention starting Oct. 23 in Boston. If you’re […]

The history of Backshop and CMBS.com

September 11, 2016 /0 Comments/in /by

(This was originally posted Sept. 11, 2008) It is September 11, 2008 and I have started preparing content for my soon-to-be released-blog, CMBS 2.0. The history of the company is deeply connected to September 11, 2001 and what better day than the 7-year anniversary of the attacks to chronicle that history.

MISMO update May 2016

May 26, 2016 /0 Comments/in , /by

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on C-MISMO, but finally there is some real progress to report. We are releasing an updated rent roll standard for a 60-day public comment period, and Fannie Mae is going to announce its support for the standard this week in Dallas at the MBA Commercial Servicing and Technology […]