SAN ANTONIO (San Antonio Express-News) – Other cities may be experiencing home-financing woes, but mortgage brokers and Realtors in the Alamo City say there is little difference in the availability of financing for homebuyers. All that is required is a little more paperwork.

The business news currently written in the press isn’t all pessimism and negative reporting – in fact, there are encouraging articles being published about the economy and the current commercial real estate market conditions. Below is a compilation of some recent articles with a positive slant and helpful strategies that have run in nationwide media outlets.

Small Deals Still Finding Funding

Globest.com has an article about financing that states despite the notion that lending is frozen, there is actually lending money to be had, only for smaller deals. Although this article is specific to the D.C. market, this theory might extend beyond that region. According to the article, top projects are still attracting capital--even from beleaguered sources. Insurance companies, for instance, still have an appetite for real estate. HFF Senior Managing Director Bill Asbill is quoted saying "It takes top quality real estate and sponsors and they generally lend at lower leverage than we have had in the past, but they are still out there."