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National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2004
John B. Levy
Stability of Spreads Spurs Deals Commercial mortgage players experienced few Maalox moments in May, as spreads on both Treasury rates and interest-rate swaps stayed stable. But the market was awash in loan originations and new securitizations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2003
John B. Levy
Loans in Demand Commercial mortgage whole loans and CMBS bonds are performing extraordinarily well, despite the fact that real estate fundamentals are continuing to deteriorate, especially in the office sector. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2003
John B. Levy
A Go-Go Time for CMBS The war, a lingering recession, a roller-coaster ride on Treasuries and impressive commercial mortgage volume all showed up in March, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2005
John B. Levy
High CMBS Volume is Double-Edged Sword Commercial mortgage volume was on a non-stop tear in 2004, much to the surprise of most observers. Early in the year, commercial mortgage players thought that first-half volume would be robust while the second half would be lackluster. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2002
John B. Levy
Interest rates in limbo With interest rates at their lowest levels since the Twist was the rage in the early '60s, some real estate developers have accelerated their borrowing while others are hoping for still lower rates. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2006
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, spreads over comparable Treasuries narrowed, perhaps reflecting pent-up demand. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2006
John B. Levy
Wider Spreads Yield Opportunity Commercial mortgage-backed securities spreads have a habit of tightening early in the New Year, and the smart money seems to be betting on that occurring again in early 2006. But a new CMBS player has emerged, too -- hedge funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2002
John B. Levy
Falling Rates Spark Deals Extraordinarily low Treasury rates and the largest offering of collateralized mortgage-backed securities in more than three years made for a vibrant August. Meanwhile, a new single-asset transaction marketed by Lehman Brothers may help allay buyers' concerns about terrorism insurance. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2003
John B. Levy
Bustling Market Six separate CMBS offerings totaling more than $6 billion were due in late December... Impact of terrorism insurance legislation on new construction still unclear... Mezzanine debt, secured by the borrower's ownership interest in properties, heats up... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2005
John B. Levy
New Orleans' Hotel Sector Faces Grim Prospects Investors in commercial mortgage-backed securities are rightly concerned about their New Orleans' holdings because a number of securitizations hold liens on major area hotels, and significant losses could cause losses to the lower investment-grade tranches. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
John B. Levy
End to Frothy Underwriting in Sight Specs Commercial-mortgage originators and CMBS buyers continue to grouse about the market's lack of underwriting discipline, but their appetites continue unabated... National Mortgage Survey: Selected CMBS Spreads... Whole Loans... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2003
John B. Levy
Yield Spreads Reverse Course In a classic case of having gone "too far, too fast," the yield spreads on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) returned from the extraordinarily low levels they had briefly reached, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2005
John B. Levy
CMBS Deal Pipeline Bursting at the Seams The heated competition for new commercial mortgage transactions, mixed with a seeming complacency about risk, has caused some investors some measure of anxiety. With the 10-year Treasury plunging through 4%, borrowers had a new incentive to refinance existing transactions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2006
John B. Levy
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 spreads between interest rates on commercial mortgages and rates on Treasuries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2004
John B. Levy
Full Throttle Ahead It looks as if the summer doldrums in the commercial-mortgage market have been canceled this year, at least according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2006
John B. Levy
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 a recent survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2002
John B. Levy
Big Events, Small Impact The market-moving events of Nov. 4-8 left the commercial mortgage-backed securities market surprisingly unimpressed. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2004
John B. Levy
Commercial Mortgage Market Reloads After a reasonably quiet September, the commercial mortgage market heated up again in October. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2006
John B. Levy
Is the CMBS Party Over? The next few months will show modest volume in CMBS, largely because of a downtrend in sales of income property, most of which trigger fresh financing. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2004
CMBS Issuance On Track for Record Volume in 2004 Issuance of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities is Headed for Record Levels... Ripple Effect of Insurer Scandal... Impact of Prepayment Penalties... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2005
John B. Levy
CMBS Issuance Hovers in the Stratosphere Just when you thought the commercial real estate market should be taking a well-deserved summer breather, volume has exploded again. Total offerings of $17 billion to $20 billion were expected to come to market in the commercial mortgage-backed securities arena. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2005
John B. Levy
Where Have All the Good Loans Gone? Recent underwriting trends in fixed-rate CMBS originations may well lead to higher defaults and losses in the years ahead. Perhaps the most widely discussed issue is the increase in interest-only loans. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
John B. Levy
Buyers Get Leverage Jitters For a while there, it sure looked to the commercial real estate gang as if leverage had no natural limits. In early May, buyers decided that they had finally had enough, causing bankers and traders to sit up and take notice. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2005
John B. Levy
CMBS Issuance in U.S. Breaks Another Record A general weakness in corporate bond yields, exacerbated by the performance of the auto sector led to sharply wider CMBS spreads. Investors seem reluctant to buy until spreads widen a bit further. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2005
John B. Levy
Undaunted By Unsettling Trends Retail consolidations, highly leveraged loans, and rock-bottom spreads are having no impact on commercial mortgage lending. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2006
John B. Levy
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, and coastal areas braced for the start of hurricane season. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2003
John B. Levy
The Good Times Roll On It was the best of times; the worst of times never showed up in 2002, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Matt Hudgins
Sounding the Alarm Bell on CMBS Lending The capital pouring into commercial real estate isn't limited to conduit loans, but the industry at large can't afford to ignore changes in CMBS standards because securitization has evolved to influence nearly all commercial real estate lending. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2004
John B. Levy
A Pleasant Surprise for CMBS Volume In today's commercial property market, lenders are competing fiercely for business. In fact, most observers say that they have never seen such liquidity in the commercial real estate sector. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2008
Kemba J. Dunham
Rocky Road The commercial mortgage-backed securities market, after more than 15 years of riding a positive investment wave, swiftly crashed in late 2007. Currently, a recovery has yet to get under way. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2005
John B. Levy
CMBS Volume Hits Record High Securitizations of commercial mortgages ran at a record volume in June, continuing a pace that has prevailed all year. Monthly offerings totaled $23 billion in the U.S. market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2006
Lynn Novelli
Deluge of Debt REITs cannot live by equity alone. Like other companies, REITs must go to the debt markets for funding. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using secured versus unsecured debt? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2002
A Monthly Meter of Industry Trends Projected 2002 Total Retail Sales... Midscale Hotels Lead The Way... Holding Steady... Job Growth in the U.S. 1995-2001... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2005
John B. Levy
High Expectations for CMBS Market We're hard-pressed to envision the commercial real estate crowd being any happier than it was in 2004. mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2015
Tim Koltermann
CMBS Forecast Commercial mortgage-backed securities lending is alive and well -- maybe too well, depending on where you look in the market. mark for My Articles similar articles
FDIC FYI
October 28, 2003
The Changing Paradigm in Commercial Real Estate A transcript of a roundtable discussion with commercial real estate and commercial mortgage-backed securities experts mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Jan/Feb 2003
Christopher M. Wright
Q&A with Jackson Hsieh We recently asked Jackson Hsieh, U.S. Managing Director of the Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Group at UBS Warburg, to share his thoughts on the capital markets for publicly traded real estate and the economy as a whole. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2003
H. Lee Murphy
Lenders On Alert Despite the weakening economy and soaring vacancy rates in many property types, loan delinquencies and foreclosures have not risen to the point where lender portfolios are endangered. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2006
John B. Levy
A Broken Record for CMBS Market A staggering amount of income-producing real estate was sold in 2005, and spreads between commercial-mortgage yields and comparable Treasury yields tightened. Here, a panel of experts provides its forecast for CMBS volume and spreads through June 30, 2006. mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Randall Dodd
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins
Why CDOs Are Hot With much of the world's investment capital seeking placement in commercial real estate, lenders are eager to help property owners liquidate portions of their equity and refinance through CDOs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2005
Andrew Stewart
7 Real Estate Finance Myths Unveiled Discover the market factors that really are influencing today's real estate transactions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2006
Beth Mattson-Teig
Encore Performance? Mortgage bankers are hoping that 2006 will be a repeat performance of 2005 -- a phenomenal year for commercial and multifamily mortgage originations. But whether those expectations materialize depends largely on interest rates. mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2006
Gary Mozer
Greater Access Collateralized debt obligations offer small commercial investors financing options. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
February 4, 2003
Parke Chapman
MBA: Commercial mortgage originations up 5% A survey of mortgage bankers conducted by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) reports that mortgage originations were up over 5% for 2002. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2007
Mary Rowland
Making Sense Of Chaos The mortgage meltdown has showed the uglier side of investing in dicey loans. mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2003
Ready for the Re Lender restraint helps keep markets stable. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2005
Joe Gose
Lenders Draw Up Plays to Land Big Deals Aggressive. Innovative. Creative. Those are all fitting words to describe today's lenders as they stretch underwriting terms in ways that were unheard of just two years ago. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2007
Dees Stribling
Coming into Focus Mortgage REITs of all stripes tighten their lending practices to improve their outlook going forward. The subprime event may mark a permanent change in the business environment for mortgage REITs, as well as mortgage lenders and investors. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2004
Nicholas Yulico
Carving Up Investor Risk In the summer of 2001, the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market was headed for a record year. mark for My Articles similar articles