5 Early Warning Signs a CRE Deal Is About to Stall
I’ve been reviewing deals that felt solid early but slowed or went quiet later.The same signals show up again and again. Here are a few early warning signs I keep seeing: - Buyer questions shift from price to structure - Repeated requests for clarification on assumptions already provided - Underwriting timelines stretch without a clear new deliverable - Lender feedback becomes conditional or non-committal - Internal investment committee questions surface late in the process Individually, none of these kill a deal.Together, they almost always slow momentum. Sharing this here as a checklist going into 2026 — curious which of these others see most often.