The transaction market in the hotel industry has hit a stalemate over the past couple of years, with high borrowing costs sinking property values and regional and small banks struggling to originate debt. There is still opportunities to be had in this environment, though. Peachtree Group has deployed more than $1 billion in commercial real estate investments year to date, including $526 million to acquiring five hotels and three new development hotel projects.
2023 was a year marred by obstacles for borrowing across commercial real estate, particularly after a widespread crisis shook regional banks that are historically the biggest lenders in the space. Peachtree CEO Greg Friedman spoke with Hotel News Now about his prediction for 2024.
Insights Into the Lending Environment From Peachtree's Greg Friedman (costar.com)
Peachtree CEO Greg Friedman was quoted in this recent CoStar Group article by Sean McCracken talking about the lending environment for hotels in 2024 and the opportunities for investor, operator, lenders like Peachtree Group.
"Most traditional lenders aren't lending," said Friedman. "Forty percent of the debt market is traditionally made up of regional banks, community banks, national banks, and it's been in the press that banks are under pressure. So 40% of the market is struggling, the CMBS market makes up close to 25% to 30% of lending to hotels and that market is well under pressure, as well."But he said what is left of the market is attracted to hotels due to "really good asset-level performance."
Lending Conditions Likely More Certain for Hotels in 2024 (costar.com)
Ester Hertzfeld with Hotel Management Magazine spoke with Peachtree SVP Jared Schlosser about the hotel lending market in her most recent article.
https://www.hotelmanagement.net/financing/us-hotel-lending-likely-get-more-challenging