CMBS loan assumptions make a return post-crisis

CMBS loan assumptions are making a strong come-back in the US this year, after a hiatus in 2008-2009...

Modifications of the CRE loans that back US CMBS continued at a steady pace in 2Q11. At the same tim...

The FDIC has closed on the first sales in its small investor programme (SIP). The pilot SIP involved...

European SME CLO transaction performance is continuing to stabilise or improve across all jurisdicti...

Jeff Spelman has joined 1st Service Solutions as md, responsible for developing capital sources with...

Mission Capital Advisors and Rockwood Real Estate Advisors are conducting a CMBS special servicer lo...

A bill passed last week in the Arizona Senate that voids foreclosures without full title history has...

CRE special servicer-style model touted for RMBS

The FHFA's initiative to restructure the GSE mortgage servicing model (see SCI 19 January) has re-en...

Fitch has published its global rating criteria for non-performing loan securitisations. The agency's...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are to work on a joint initiat...

Starwood Capital Group has acquired a non-performing commercial loan portfolio with an outstanding p...

Continuing resolutions and extensions of non-performing loans resulted in a second-straight decline...

1st Service Solutions has launched 1st Equi-Debt Solutions, which aims to offer equity and debt to b...

Public sales proving positive for US CMBS market

US CMBS liquidation volumes via public sales average almost US$200m a month and are expected to rema...

Distressed CRE prices pushing beyond fundamental value

An artificially constrained supply of US distressed commercial real estate is driving asset prices u...

The FDIC has closed on a sale of 40% equity interest in a limited liability company (LLC) created to...