Finance
Fitch: Special Servicing for CMBS Loans on Downswing
As of mid-March, approximately 200 loans have transferred this year, marking a dramatic descent from the 631 loans in the first quarter of 2010.
CMBS Delinquencies Hit New Peak, but Growth Rate Slows: Trepp Report
By Paul Rosta, Senior Editor CMBS delinquencies reached an all-time high of 9.34 percent last month, but that dubious distinction may mask something of a silver lining. Although the total delinquencies may continue to tick up for a while, they are also increasing far more slowly than they were just a few months ago, according to Trepp L.L.C. “While the rate continues to head higher, optimists can point to the fact that the rate of increase is significantly smaller than it was in the prior two months,” said Marius Clancy, managing director at Trepp, in a statement accompanying the monthly…
Savills Advises Fortress, Northstar on $72M Mezzanine Loan Sale on Columbia Sussex Hotel Portfolio
The portfolio was sold to The Blackstone Group for an undisclosed price.
HFF Arranges $114M for Six-Property Industrial Portfolio
The facilities are located in Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas and total 4.7 million square feet.
CMBS Loans in Special Servicing to Hit 15% in 2010: Fitch Report
The value of problem CMBS loans in special servicing will hit $110 billion by the end of the year, Fitch Ratings estimates.
Economy Watch: Firing Level Low, but Hiring Level Not High
Jobs, jobs, jobs. On Tuesday, Chicago-based Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said that job-cut announcements in July rose 6 percent from June. It was the third month in a row that planned firings went up. The heaviest cutters these days are public and nonprofit entities, not private employers.
Fitch Says CMBS Cumulative Defaults Up to 9.5 Percent
According to Fitch, the 133-basis-point climb from the first quarter is consistent with the firm’s expectation of an 11 percent cumulative default rate by the end of the year.
As New Pools Emerge, High Rate of Special Servicing Marks Maturing CMBS: Fitch
One-fifth of the CMBS loans scheduled to mature during the second half of 2010 are in special servicing, according to a mid-year analysis by Fitch Ratings.
Fitch: U.S. CMBS Delinquencies Nearing 8 Percent on Office Defaults
Throughout the month, 44 office loans went delinquent, including 14 loans with a balance greater than $20 million.
The largest new delinquency was the $380 million Columbia Center loan, whose collateral is located in Seattle.
Economy Watch: Brookfield Aims to be GGP Stalking Horse
General Growth Properties Inc. has filed documents with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York describing its proposed deal with Brookfield Asset Management, Pershing Square Capital Management and Fairholme Capital Management.