Mortgage Banking Summit: Mike Kortas on NEXA’s hybrid model, next steps in servicing
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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On the RET wire
- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in October 2026: $215.5M across 4 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
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Founder Mike Kortas says NEXA is in a ‘twilight zone’ as it navigates the crossover from brokerage to retail lender and servicer
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