Ryan Serhant and Bess Friendman (Illustration by Shea Monahan for Getty, The Real Deal)
The word “schmendrick”, the Yiddish word for fool, doesn’t make much of the news.
But it’s 2023, and the world looks and works very differently than it did just a few years ago, due to pandemics, constant technological advances, and more.
Last week, Ryan Serhant, a two-year-old brokerage salesman, collided the new with the old. Serhant Ventures Offered to mentor a broker for Brown Harris Stevens, a renowned New York City housing firm. The proposal from a young company with roots in reality TV was met with less than enthusiastic response.
Beth Friedman, CEO of Brown Harris Stevens, said, “There’s a fine line between being unconventional and being Schmendrick. Thank you, but let’s pass.”
Still, other legacy players over the past week have made waves or been shaken by the ever-changing conditions.
Wells Fargo, one of the largest mortgage lenders in the United States, announced the it is retreating from the sectorAt its peak, the bank was responsible for one-third of US mortgages. It is currently the third largest mortgage lender behind Rocket Mortgage and United Wholesale Mortgage.
Additionally, the increase in fees has had a significant impact on some developers. Chetrit Group faces default on $481 million loan About the property that the company wants to sell.
in the case of Joe Shit and Maverick Real Estate Partners, it only took a week for a friend, if not an enemy, to go insane. Schitt, who recently called Maverick “honest and sincere,” may be rethinking his word choice now that Maverick is looking to foreclose on a retail building owned by Shit’s Tall Equities. Absent. Maverick claims Toll defaulted on his $25.5 million loan secured by the 446 West 14th Street property.
And the notorious liar and newly elected U.S. Congressman: George Santoswhat he did best was spin an old story about the state’s rent relief program.
With tech layoffs, remote work and rising interest rates, Los Angeles office market And San Francisco plummeted.
Veritas Investment is the default It secured a loan of about $450 million against 62 rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco.
Rimini Street, Rimini’s software services company, sublease 70,000 square foot office in Pleasanton.based in san francisco visa exits Palo Alto, which has listed a 64,000-square-foot office for sublease.Construction and engineering software company Autodesk offers a 73,000-square-foot office on One Market Street in San Francisco for sublease.
In Texas, a very modern problem water demand Canceled a new development project in a Houston suburb.
In Chicago, Apollo Global Management manages the iconic building. Chicago Board of Trade Building We hired a developer with a view to renovating the property and exploring non-office uses.
With developments like this, even Schmendrick knows it’s been a wild week for real estate overall.