A judge has ordered South Florida developer Joseph Walsh Sr. to pay $26 million in connection with a 60-unit Royal Palm Beach office condominium. So reports The Real Deal.

In my last column, I answered a question from a "Struggling Loan Officer." Here are some more thoughts on the topic.

While mortgage rates are still historically low, many lenders were caught off guard when rates recently rose. They thought that interest rates wouldn’t increase until later in the year.