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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.   |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
Are Borrowers Over-Leveraged? The central question is whether the low capitalization rates generating today's high property values and loan amounts are temporary or will be around for at least the next decade, when those loans will roll over and require new financing. |
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. |
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. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2009
Steve Bram |
Capital Markets Conundrum Are there viable solutions to today's financing puzzle? |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2005
Anthony Downs |
Higher Risks, Lower Returns Continuing huge inflows of capital into the world's real estate markets are increasing the riskiness of almost all property lending in relation to its yields. Investors beware. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2014
Pruitt & DeRensis |
CMBS Maturity Wave Commercial mortgage-backed securities lending has shown signs of health to the tune of $84 billion issued in 2013, and issuance anticipated to approach $100 billion in 2014 |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2010
William E. Jones |
Climbing the Capital Hill Owners and investors face steep obstacles on the path to financing. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2013
Jeff Rauth |
Follow the Money What are today's most financeable deals? Several market forces currently at work foretell a stronger lending environment in the next 12 to 18 months. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2013
Elizabeth Braman |
2013 Midyear Financing Report With an abundance of available capital, the first half of 2013 showed plenty of healthy competition to finance commercial real estate. Will this trend continue? |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
Year of the Mega Loan Large loans and mushrooming CMBS issuance drove commercial real estate financing levels to an all-time high last year, but lenders say a slowing pace of transactions could temper loan volume as 2006 unfurls. |
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Heather Landy |
A Matter of Maturity Banks holding commercial real estate mortgages may be on the cusp of a major problem. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2011
David F. Webb |
The Lending Scene Commercial mortgage-backed securities' return brightens the picture in primary markets. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2012 |
Capital Markets 2012 Many economic issues converged late last year to slow commercial real estate's recovery. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2006
Anthony Downs |
Danger Signs Ahead The 2006 outlook contains both good news about the U.S. economy and disquieting danger signs in property markets. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Kingsley Greenland |
Why Liquidity Should Help You Sleep Better There is no crystal ball that can predict the next lending squeeze, or if one will even occur. What is certain however, is that greater liquidity in the secondary market for commercial real estate loans is an important safety valve for the entire industry. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2007
W. Joseph Caton |
Small-Cap Attraction The business of buying, managing and trading smaller commercial properties has now become a favored target market of both portfolio and conduit lenders. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2009
Samuel A. Gillespie |
Money Magnets Today's distressed real estate assets are attracting well-capitalized investors. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2012
Howard W. Smith |
Financing Fundamentals These 5 tips help borrowers open the door to the right lender. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2004
Thomas Jaekel |
Wait and See Commercial real estate capital market activity hinges on interest rates and job growth. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2002
Kathleen Fitzpatrick |
Taking the Floating-Rate Gamble A slow recovery in the U.S. economy has prompted more and more borrowers to bet that interest rates won't be rising anytime soon. And still others, fueled by fears of overall uncertainty, are satisfying their appetites with flexible financing. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2005
Jennifer Popovec |
Global CMBS Warming Investors and borrowers in several countries are just now beginning to realize the advantages of CMBS: liquidity, higher yields and favorable financing rates. But a perceived lack of transparency, or financial disclosure by borrowers, concerns investors in non-U.S. CMBS. |
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. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2009
Ryan Krauch |
Back to Basics How can commercial real estate borrowers obtain financing and survive the capital markets mess? |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Matt Hudgins |
Why the Checkout Line to Defease is Lengthening Skyrocketing property values are the biggest engine driving defeasance in 2005. The capital pouring into commercial real estate has outstripped supply, with the resulting competition to acquire properties exerting upward pressure on sale prices and property values in general. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
Is CMBS Losing Steam? While the production of commercial mortgage-backed securities continues to outpace last year's volume, at least one expert is pointing to a possible slowdown in issuance later this year. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2008 |
17th Annual Top Lenders Survey: The following rankings are based on responses to NREI's 17th annual Top Lenders Survey and reflect total dollars financed or arranged in commercial real estate during the 2007 calendar year. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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... |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2003
Len Deering |
Multifamily Property Owners Benefit From Competitive Financing Soft occupancies force lenders to be more creative in competing for multifamily loans. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2008
James Kirkpatrick |
Financial Survival Learn how to stay afloat in the commercial real estate market as terror strikes the credit market. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2006
Gary Mozer |
Greater Access Collateralized debt obligations offer small commercial investors financing options. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2003 |
Ready for the Re Lender restraint helps keep markets stable. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2011
Thomas R. Petty |
Loan Language What can borrowers negotiate under today's stricter standards? |
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. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2004
Brown & Weiss |
The Money Race Borrowers benefit as lenders chase commercial property deals. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2011
Brad Cox |
The Loan Request Package How to request -- and get -- the best loan from today's limited lending sources |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2005
Thomas MacManus |
Why Investors Are Still Flocking to Real Estate The flow of excess capital into U.S. commercial real estate is expected to continue as both domestic and foreign investors target the sector. Investment and hedge funds awash with cash to invest will continue to bolster liquidity in the sector. |
Entrepreneur
May 2008
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Between Peers Could a new wave of social lending sites be a good place for your investment dollars? |
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. |
U.S. Banker
January 2008
Michael Sisk |
Keeping The Spigot Open The fact is not lost on banks that American consumers are, by and large, still employed and paying their bills. Credit is, and will be, still available. |
