High Expectations for CMBS Market
We're hard-pressed to envision the commercial real estate crowd being any happier than it was in 2004. Commercial mortgage originations were up on both...
High CMBS Volume is Double-Edged Sword
We don't suspect that Sir John Templeton had commercial real estate in mind when he noted that bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism,...
Unruffled by REIT Sell-Off
If you're waiting for the sell-off in real estate investment trusts to affect commercial mortgage-backed securities, you had better be patient. REIT shares...
CMBS Feeding Frenzy Continues
The commercial mortgage market stayed hot in January as spreads over comparable Treasuries plunged to incredibly low levels, according to the Barron's/John...
What's in Store for '04?
Detroit may be having its problems, needing to use incentives to fuel sales, but the commercial mortgage business is clearly running on all cylinders,...
Ready to Rethink Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities?
In a Thanksgiving frame of mind, investors in commercial mortgage-backed securities gobbled up all they could find in November, according to the Barron's/John...
A Market Surprise in the CMBS World
The market for securities backed by commercial mortgages has begun to resemble that old Four Tops standard, It's the Same Old Song. Invariably, spreads...
Sweet September
The commercial mortgage-backed securities market was in a hyperactive mode to close out the third quarter. Some $8 billion to $9 billion in domestic issues...
Summer Surprise
Securities backed by commercial mortgages took a licking and kept on ticking in July. In a tumultuous Treasury market, 10-year yields jumped 75 basis...
Feeding the Yield-Hungry
Cash may be trash these days, but that hasn't hurt the market for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), according to the Barron's/John B. Levy...
