2014 Mortgage Bankers Association Conference - Orlando Florida
Jon Florin, Director of Capital Markets at Calkain Companies was on the floor of the 2014 Mortgage Bankers Association Conference, here are his observations:
- Across the board there is expectation of increased origination volume in 2014.
- Several life insurance companies are expecting to slowly take more risk to win deals and place increased allocations.
- There is increasing interest from borrowers on CMBS, with CMBS issuance expected to increase over 20% in 2014.
- An overall feeling that we are early in an expansionary phase and the growth in capital markets will continue for the foreseeable future.
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Jonathan Hipp
Jonathan Hipp began his career in real estate over 25 years ago. In his early years as a broker, he ventured into the net lease industry and quickly began leading the US net lease market, closing over $3 billion in transactions. In 2005, Jon founded Calkain Companies, a company focused solely on net lease investment services. As President and CEO, he has been instrumental in building the firm into one of the leading Net Lease real estate companies, transacting over $12 billion of net lease deal volume over the past 13 years. He has expanded Calkain’s services to include brokerage, advisory, asset management, capital markets, and industry research. He has become a well-known resource, panelist, and speaker at various Net Lease and Industry conferences and is a regular contributor to GlobeSt.com on real estate trends. In June 2015, Jon’s passion for the real estate business was again recognized as he was nominated for the Top Real Estate Player in the DC area by SmartCEO magazine.
