Subject: Commercial MBS (CMBS)

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Prudential Asset Resources' master servicer rating to CMS2 from CMS2- and affirmed its CPS2 primary and CSS2- special servicing ratings.The rating agency said the upgrade was due to Prudential's new investor Web site, improved operating statement ...

So far this year, nearly $109 billion of domestic CMBS has priced. That's roughly 70 percent more volume than had priced by this time last year, putting this year well on track to beat last year's record-setting $202.7 billion of ...

So far this year, nearly $109 billion of domestic CMBS has priced. That's roughly 70 percent more volume than had priced by this time last year, putting this year well on track to beat last year's record-setting $202.7 billion of ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportThe CMBS market, after suffering nearly three straight months of spread widening, is starting to perk up substantially.Last Thursday, a $3.2 billion transaction, Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-2, saw its 30 percent subordination ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportThe CMBS market, after suffering nearly three straight months of spread widening, is starting to perk up substantially.Last Thursday, a $3.2 billion transaction, Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-2, saw its 30 percent subordination ...

The rating agency, which is increasing the amount of subordination levels most CMBS deals will require, sought to reassure investors and issuers by explaining that it won't downgrade recent deals unless their credit characteristics weaken. Deals brought to market after ...

The long-awaited securitization of the debt that Blackstone Group used to finance its $38.7 billion acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust has finally hit the market. The private-equity giant had assumed or borrowed $31.2 billion for its acquisition. The bulk ...

The rating agency, which is increasing the amount of subordination levels most CMBS deals will require, sought to reassure investors and issuers by explaining that it won't downgrade recent deals unless their credit characteristics weaken. Deals brought to market after ...

The long-awaited securitization of the debt that Blackstone Group used to finance its $38.7 billion acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust has finally hit the market. The private-equity giant had assumed or borrowed $31.2 billion for its acquisition. The bulk ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportBond buyers have become leery of investing in CMBS conduits, preferring to wait until Moody's Investors Service puts into effect a proposed change to its ratings model that will result in an increase in subordination ...