CMBS

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Barclays Capital and FundCore Finance Group have established a CMBS loan origination and securitization program.

The CMBS market rallied for a second straight day. The sector was boosted by rising equity markets and word that new CMBS deals in September are being well received by investors, according to Trepp.

DBRS hired David Sánchez Rodríguez for its structured finance group as assistant vice president.

Clopton Capital will expand its capital lending base available for commercial real estate (CRE), CMBS, and SBA loans for income-producing U.S. CRE.

Roughly 9.43% of CRE loans – including multifamily product – that have been securitized are now 30-days or more late, a record, according to new figures compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

The American Securitization Forum (ASF) is opposing the creation of a board by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would choose which rating agency is allowed to new-issue securitizations.

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup plan to reignite their CMBS offering, according to a Dow Jones report.

Fitch Ratings submitted its comment letter in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Solicitation of Comment to Assist in Study on Assigned Credit Ratings, which is required by Section 939F of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. appointed Scott Heath to its Atlanta office as a loan officer covering the mid-Atlantic, southeast and southwest regions.