Fitch Ratings has issued final ratings on Deutsche Bank Securities’ $1.4bn COMM 2015-DC1 securitization, one of the largest CMBS deals completed so far this year. The rating agency awarded its triple-A rating to the deal’s roughly $1.1bn top tranche, also noting that the securitization carries higher leverage than recent fixed-rate multi-borrower transactions.
1 min read · 05 March 2015
On the heels of an SEC agreement that delivered a hefty slap on the wrist and partial CMBS ban to ratings agency S&P, a new report from a rival firm suggests that a so-called slippage of underwriting among “other rating agencies” is widespread and could lead to a new credit crisis. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” the US CMBS Q4 Review from Moody’s Investor Service begins, quoting philosopher George Santayana.
3 min read · 02 February 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly banning Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services from rating CMBS for an entire year as part of an SEC probe and subsequent $60m settlement with the ratings agency. The SEC’s investigation looked at whether S&P bent its criteria to win business on six CMBS deals issued in 2011, according […]
1 min read · 20 January 2015
Many of the concerns that rippled through the CREFC Miami conference this week were directed at the US CMBS market. Delegates asked tough questions about the quality of loans, underwriting and leverage levels. The Canadian CMBS panel this morning at the Fountainbleau Miami Beach offered a striking contrast, with a range of top Canadian lending […]
2 min read · 09 January 2015
Spare an unforeseen rally, it’s looking like the year-end US CMBS issuance tally will fall short of the triple-digit billions number many had predicted, anticipated and/or hoped for. As of today, there was $87bn of CMBS issuance, according to TREPP.
3 min read · 19 December 2014
Deutsche Bank and Crédit Agricole have brought back to the market the £750m CMBS, secured against Westfield’s Stratford City regional shopping centre in east London. The initial proposed deal was pulled in August because neither the sponsor or the advising banks were proposing to retain 5% of the notes of the issuance as is usually […]
2 min read · 30 September 2014
Recovery rates on liquidated US CMBS loans rose sharply to 69.5% in Q2, according to Fitch Ratings’ latest CMBS special servicing index. Stephanie Petosa, a Fitch managing director, noted in a statement that the substantial rise came after the rate had reached historic lows the two previous quarters, adding that “a sizeable portion of CMBS loans were liquidated with less […]
1 min read · 29 September 2014
Deutsche Bank has launched the first CMBS in the Netherlands and the first to more than one borrower to be structured this cycle. The DECO 2014 TULIP CMBS is made up of two loans made by the German bank: one to PPF Real Estate Holding and the other to a joint venture between Mount Kellett […]
1 min read · 16 September 2014
US CMBS delinquency rates stalled last month after a 13-month free fall, but experts said they could bounce back with the help of upcoming online property auctions. Research and data group Trepp said the overall US CMBS delinquency rate decreased by just one basis point in July, to 6.04%, after a year-to-date drop (through June) of […]
2 min read · 20 August 2014
The £750m proposed agency CMBS to refinance Westfield’s Stratford City shopping centre in London has been pulled amidst uncertainty over ‘skin-in-the-game’ regulations. Westfield, advised by its banking partners Deutsche Bank and Crédit Agricole, had decided not to retain 5% of the notes, the so-called ‘skin-in-the-game’ designed to regulate arranging banks and align their interests with […]
2 min read · 06 August 2014
