CMBS

The Trump Administration’s initial tax plan may be short on details, but a bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday promises some very specific relief for the commercial real estate industry.

Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch are marketing a commercial mortgage securitization that relies on the “L-shaped” strategy to comply with risk retention.

The first conduit commercial mortgage securitization to hit the market in several weeks has significant exposure to offices and hotels.

Goldman Sachs is marketing a $465 million of commercial mortgage bonds backed a portfolio of 10 office properties in Houston, Texas.

Charles Citro joined the Morningstar Credit Ratings this week as managing director for commercial mortgage-backed securities ratings and analytics

The first new commercial mortgage securitization to hit the market in two weeks is backed by a portfolio of cold storage facilities.

A new Republican plan to streamline Dodd-Frank's capital rules, stress tests and many other requirements will be reintroduced in the coming weeks by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling.

Global Index Group has developed a synthetic product that allows investors to go long or short a leading U.S. commercial real estate index, the NPI. CBRE Capital Advisors is the exclusive broker.

Payless ShoeSource's closure of 400 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico will impact some 36 commercial mortgages, many of them quite small.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgage rose again in March, led by industrial and retail properties.