Attached Strings to Conduit Loans
During the crucial early loan application stage, when a loan officer sits a borrower down to size up a mortgage, it is imperative that the borrower receives clear counsel about the differences between a conduit loan and a general portfolio loan....
Prepare For Deals With Hair on Them
Excess capital in equity and debt financing markets delivered an eventful 2006, and promises more of the same in 2007. But the commercial real estate finance story to look for this year is the brutal competition among investors to snap up unstabilized properties...
Higher Rates to Crimp Borrowing
It was the calm before the storm in June literally and figuratively as the commercial real estate market prepared for an onslaught of securitizations,...
CMBS Deals Ramp Up
After a white-hot pace of issuance in March, new offerings of commercial mortgage-backed securities have practically disappeared, according to the Barron's/John...
Is the CMBS Party Over?
The dollar volume of mortgages on commercial real estate hit the public marketplace at a record level in March, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy...
Big Supply, Tight Spreads
A wave of commercial mortgage-backed securities hit the market in early March, following a dearth of issuance in January and February. Despite the volume,...
A Shot Across The Bow
Investors in loans on commercial real estate insurance companies, pension funds and Wall Street firms continued competing for business in January, squeezing...
A Broken Record for CMBS Market
Trees may not grow to the sky, but it sure looked that way in commercial real estate last year. According to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National...
Wider Spreads Yield Opportunity
We've all experienced that uncomfortable feeling of pushing away from the Thanksgiving table after eating one too many slices of Aunt Betty's blueberry...
End To Frothy Underwriting In Sight spects
Take a gigantic issuance pipeline for commercial mortgage-backed securities, sprinkle in moderately higher U.S. Treasury rates and two headline-grabbing...
