CRE credit quality improves improve – except for CMBS
Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquency rates dropped for banks and rose for commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) during the first quarter of 2012.
View ArticleCommercial real estate loan rates hit bottom
Commercial real estate investors have suffered plenty of headaches in the last four years, but borrowing costs weren’t one of them — especially in recent months. But those interest rates aren’t going...
View ArticleCommercial real estate industry still awaits CMBS return
Commercial real estate investors are well aware of the excesses that went on in the heyday of the commercial mortgage-backed securities market several years ago. But oh, are they eager to see that...
View ArticleCMBS delinquencies continue to climb
The percentage of delinquencies on loans backing commercial mortgage-backed securities climbed for the fifth consecutive month in July, according to Trepp, the New York-based CMBS, real estate and...
View ArticleBondholders confident about commercial property
Bondholder confidence is growing that U.S. commercial property is bottoming following the recovery in residential housing.
View ArticleCMBS market continues slow turnaround
The commercial mortgage-backed securities market strengthened for the second straight month after months of increases in delinquent loans.
View ArticleQuantitative easing brings benefits and doubts
Ed Padilla, CEO of Bloomington-based NorthMarq Capital, said in a Q&A interview Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s gambit on a new round of quantitative easing did produce gains...
View ArticleWall Street’s $8 billion CMBS in limbo
Investors are demanding 1.2 percentage points more than the benchmark swap rate to buy new commercial mortgage backed securities tied to shopping malls, skyscrapers, hotels and apartment buildings.
View ArticleThe wave that wasn’t: Lack of distressed properties disappoints buyers
Bargain hunters hoping to pick up commercial real estate properties for cents on the dollar are seeing those opportunities disappear.
View ArticleCMBS activity slows in first half
CMBS issuance, which has been following an upward trend since 2009, totaled $41.5 billion for the year through July 3, which is down about 23 percent from the $51.3 billion in loans completed during...
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