CMBS

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is marketing a CMBS deal called Bank of America Merrill Lynch Large Loan, Inc. Commercial Mortgage Passthrough Certificates Series 2011-FSHN.

UCM Partners has launched the UCM MIDAS Fund, with $10 million in assets under management.

Barclays Capital reports that June CMBS conduit liquidations hit the new high of more than 450 deals worth nearly $1.9 billion, an increase that bodes well for special servicers of these portfolios.

GNMA executive Christopher Haspel is, more or less, a household name to lenders and servicers that deal with the government agency, and soon will be wearing a new hat—that of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Many commercial real estate investors are aggressively buying properties as they believe the industry's overall fundamentals are stabilizing and in certain sectors and regions, even improving, the second quarter PwC Real Estate Investor Survey found.

Barclays Capital has appointed Larry Kravetz and Spencer Kagan to its CMBS sector to expand its CMBS origination business.

No one could have predicted the speed of recovery in the commercial real estate space, said panelists speaking today at the American Securitization Forum’s 2011 annual meeting.

In May, the delinquency rate on U.S. CMBS loans fell four basis points to 9.18%.

Buysiders speaking at an investor roundtable panel said that understanding ABS collateral is key to structured finance recovery.

Recent data on macroeconomic forces in the market, such as lower than anticipated GDP and consumer confidence, have and will continue to play a large part in redefining expected future growth in commercial real estate, said panelists speaking at the CRE Finance Council's (CREFC) annual June convention in New York City.