CMBS

Government scrutiny of the for-profit education industry could intensify default risks on up to $1.88 billion of commercial mortgage bonds backed by properties occupied by Corinthian Colleges, the University of Phoenix, and DeVry,

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt sounded alarm bells Tuesday about Home Loan Banks' reliance on short-term funding in the form of discount notes.

A committee convened by the Federal Reserve to examine potential replacements for widely used interbank offered rate benchmarks has published its interim conclusions, identifying two potential alternatives.

Now that it has the green light to expand its role in multifamily housing, Freddie Mac is looking to at more ways to shift the credit risk on apartment building mortgages that it insures.

Freddie Mac is expanding its efforts to sell to private investors a portion of the credit risk on certain multifamily mortgages it guarantees.

Landmark Infrastructure Products is marketing $133.1 million of notes backed by property leased to owners of wireless towers and billboards, according to Fitch Ratings.

Freddie Mac has priced its sixth guaranteed multifamily small balance loan securitization of 2016.

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup each launched two new CMBS deals on Wednesday, with Fitch Ratings assigning provisional ratings on both pools that focus heavily on retail properties. Goldman's pool is highlighted by a multifamily investor mortgage secured by a portfolio of San Francisco apartments appraised at $923 million.

Insurance firm Assurant Inc. is bringing a diverse mix of low-leverage commercial mortgages to it’s first-ever $259.7 million securitization.

Greystone, a commercial real estate lending, investment and advisory company, is adding two executives to a mortgage bond lending team.