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Between now and 2018, trillions of dollars in loans used to finance commercial real estate properties will mature and have to be refinanced. The big refinancing wave has already started to form. Sixty-four percent more commercial mortgages were originated in 2011, with a big increase expected for 2012 (the MBA origination index was up 25 percent in second-quarter 2012), according to consulting firm Deloitte Touche.