CMBS

Most investors in a recent survey said they want to ditch the pricing benchmark now used for many kinds of securitization.

RAIT Partnership is the latest sponsor to tap the securitization market with bonds backed by commercial real estate loans, according to Moody's Investors Service.

JP Morgan’s latest offering of commercial mortgage bonds is backed by a less diverse portfolio than many recent conduits rated by Fitch Ratings.

NorthStar's only marketed two previous CRE CLOs since 2012.

Fannie Mae just took out a potential chunk of private label CMBS supply. The agency said today it’s helping fund Blackstone’s purchase of Stuy Town.

Thanks to persistently low interest rates and rising property values, sponsors had little trouble refinancing the wall of commercial mortgage debt maturing this year.

New bank capital rules on the horizon could nearly wipe out secondary trading in most kinds of asset-backeds, said JPMorgan analysts in a report.

Wells Fargo is marketing what may be the first offering of commercial mortgage bonds to comply with Regulation AB II.

When news broke in October that New York’s Stuy Town was being sold, observers expected the $3 billion loan on the property to be paid off without a glitch. Recent litigation might change that.

A jump in lending in many parts of Europe, coupled with rising economic growth and higher employment, should help bolster the performance of securitizations in Europe, according to Fitch Ratings.