LOS ANGELES—"We are going through a tricky time. It has never been more important to focus on the basis when looking at a transaction." Those thoughts are according to panelist Bobby Khorshidi, president and chief credit officer at Archway Capital. 

Khorshidi joined other multifamily experts during a transactions panel Monday morning at the GlobeSt. Multifamily national conference event here at the JW Marriott LA LIVE. Moderator Laurie Lustig-Bower, an EVP at CBRE, began with asking panelists what is happening with bridge debt. 

Interest rates have gone up and there will be some uncomfortable conversations between lenders and their borrowers and between investment sales and their clients, explained Khorshidi. "In underwriting, we have to apply a stress test because we don't know where things are going to go. It is hard to find deals that will pencil."

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