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JPM sticks to full-year forecast for now but refi conditions not so attractive and new loans get more expensive
Office drives surge in CMBS conduit delinquencies as borrowers adapt
GSE brings both small and large balance trades with only one other CMBS deal marketing
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Sage Housing, the for-profit social housing landlord owned by Blackstone, is marketing its first CMBS issue through Deutsche Bank — a sharply different approach to financing from its housing association peer group, which usually issue ultra-long secured corporate bonds rather than true securitizations.
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CMBS investors are not in favour of long term waivers for distressed transactions, and may expect the sponsor to inject additional equity into a deal in return for waiving defaults, said panellists speaking at S&P’s European Structured Finance Virtual Conference 2020. -
The coronavirus has been seen in some quarters as the final nail in the coffin for the long suffering UK retail sector. But having embraced e-commerce earlier than elsewhere, the sector may learn lessons from the crisis faster and emerge stronger, which means UK CMBS holders might not be in as bad a spot as they imagine.
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UK shopping centre owner Intu Properties has fallen into administration, throwing into question the fate of £2.5bn of CMBS notes secured by its real estate.
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The US commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) market has lacked the kind of extensive government support that other asset classes have received, though data shows it is experiencing difficulties. But some are optimistic that the US government will provide aid for the market in its next round of Covid-19 relief measures.
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KKR has raised a $950m fund that will invest in the lowest-rated portions of newly issued CMBS conduit transactions.
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Bank of America is offering a full capital stack CMBS deal backed by logistics properties, the first such transaction to come to market in Europe since the height of the pandemic in April.
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UK universities face financial peril. Having been shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, some risk going bust, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Meanwhile, as accommodation operators grant refunds to students who are locked out and locked down, CMBS deals backed by student accommodation may survive, if sufficient numbers return to residences when the next academic year begins. Silas Brown and Tom Brown report.
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Thompson & Knight has hired three litigation attorneys, Keith Brandofino, Maximiliano Rinaldi and David Mignardi, to bolster the commercial real estate and loan servicing business in the firm’s New York office. All three attorneys join from Kilpatrick Townsend.
