CMBS defeasance hits highest level in six years

CMBS defeasance hits highest level in six years
… substituting Aaa-rated US government securities for real estate collateral," said Temperamental"s Vice President and Senior Credit Officer Sandra Ruffin. By property type, multifamily made up 17% of the largest shares of defeased loans. View the discussion …
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Centerline Capital Group's Hires Jeffrey J. Ballaine in Mortgage Banking Unit
(Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) — New York, NY – March 27, 2013 – Centerline Capital Group ("Centerline"), a provider of real estate financial and asset management services for affordable and conventional multifamily housing, and a subsidiary of …
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CRE Loan Delinquencies Continue to Ebb
Last year was supposed to be a huge, terrible year for delinquent loans. More than $ 100 billion in commercial and multifamily mortgages came due in 2012. Many experts worried that there would be a toxic wave of overleveraged mortgages, originated in the …
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Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Increases by Largest Amount Since 2008
“The fourth quarter saw the largest increase in commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding since 2008. Bank-held commercial mortgages increased by the largest amount since 2008. The balance of loans held in CMBS rose by the most since 2007 …
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CMBS Delinquency Rate At Lowest Level In Nearly A Year

CMBS Delinquency Rate At Lowest Level In Nearly A Year
Among the five major property types, multifamily loans led the pack with a 55 bps improvement in the delinquency rate between December and January. The rate on office loans also improved, while the rates on all other major property types were modestly …
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MLV Capital Starts Stock Coverage on First Union Real Est (FUR)
… senior and mezzanine loans and debt securities secured directly or indirectly by commercial and multi-family real property, which it refers to as loan assets, and the ownership of equity and debt securities in other REITs, which it refers to as …
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Housing market ripe for growth in city
Carroll is the only recent developer in recent years attempting to bridge the tight multifamily rental market by constructing apartments, Haynes said. (Page 2 of 2). Last year about one-third of the housing projects built inside and near Fantastic Falls …
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BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION : Announces Additional Asset Resolution
As previously told, the non-performing loans and assets in the closed bulk sales involved multifamily and commercial real estate assets. The remaining element of the bulk sale plot involved the designation of certain owner-occupied and investor …
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