Government-backed enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac currently hold 50% of the multifamily market, a significant drop from the 80% share they owned at the height of the liquidity market...
If you are struggling to decide whether to keep historic low interest-rate short-term money versus locking into extremely attractive long term rates, you most likely are worried about onerous prepayment penalties...
It was the calm before the storm in June — literally and figuratively — as the commercial real estate market prepared for an onslaught of securitizations, and coastal areas braced for the start of hurricane season...
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 B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. But that's...
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 & Co. National Mortgage Survey. The market for commercial...
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, spreads over comparable Treasuries narrowed, perhaps...
Investors in loans on commercial real estate — insurance companies, pension funds and Wall Street firms — continued competing for business in January, squeezing spreads between interest rates on commercial mortgages...
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 Mortgage Survey, loans on commercial properties hit record...
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 pie. That's how the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)...
Take a gigantic issuance pipeline for commercial mortgage-backed securities, sprinkle in moderately higher U.S. Treasury rates and two headline-grabbing corporate bankruptcies, fold in major selling activity in the...
