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Subject: Ratings - CMBS (RATE)
S&P Adds Companies to Approved Servicer List
October 24, 2000 NEW YORK – Standard & Poor's has added five servicers to its approved servicer list.Franchise Finance Corp. of America and Captec Financial Group Inc. are approved as franchise loan servicers.First Union National Bank is an approved commercial ...
Home Properties Hikes Dividend to $0.57/shr
October 24, 2000 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Home Properties (NYSE:HME) has increased its quarterly dividend to 57 cents/share from 53 cents/share payable Nov. 22 to holders of record Nov. 14.
Fitch Upgrades LB 1995-C2, Classes B & C
October 23, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch has upgraded two classes of LB Commercial Conduit Mortgage Trust's series 1995-C2 and has affirmed other classes that it rates in the series.The rating agency lifted the $15.6 million class B to double-A-plus ...
Prudential Upgrades Host Marriott to ‘Strong Buy’ from ‘Accumulate’
October 20, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – Host Marriott Corp. (NYSE:HMT) has been upgraded to "strong buy" from "accumulate" by analyst Jim Sullivan.The analyst's upgrade comes a few days after the Bethesda, Md., hotel REIT posted strong third-quarter results, with funds from ...
Fitch Upgrades Malan Mortgage Securities Trust 1995-A
October 20, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch has upgraded three classes of Malan Mortgage Securities Trust 1995-A and affirmed the other classes that it rates in the series.The rating agency lifted the $10 million class A-2a, the $5 million class ...
Fitch Upgrades Merrill Lynch 1995-C1 Classes C, D, & E
October 20, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch has upgraded three classes of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investor Inc.'s 1995-C1 and affirmed the other classes that it rates in the series.The $14.9 million class C was raised to triple-A from double-A; the ...
Weak Nursing Home Sector Prompts Lower Ratings on 2 Classes of LTC Commercial Mortgage
October 18, 2000 NEW YORK – Standard & Poor's has lowered its ratings on two classes of LTC Commercial Mortgage's 1996-1 and removed them from CreditWatch, where they were placed on March 2.Class E was lowered to double-B-minus from single-B-plus ...
A.G. Edwards Lifts Spieker Properties to ‘Buy’ from ‘Accumulate’
October 17, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – In the field of publicly traded REITs, Spieker Properties (NYSE:SPK) remains "among the top" in terms of funds from operations, or FFO, per-share growth forecasts into 2001, according to A.G. Edwards & Sons analyst Bill ...
A.G. Edwards Downgrades Nationwide Health to Accumulate
October 16, 2000 (NewsTraders.com) – A.G. Edwards & Sons today downgraded Nationwide Health Properties (NYSE: NHP) to "accumulate" from "buy" due to price considerations and a more conservative outlook for 2001.A.G. Edwards noted that shares of the Newport Beach, Calif.-based ...
Fitch Tokyo Assigns Global Asset Management Co. to Special Servicer Rating
October 16, 2000 NEW YORK – Fitch has assigned Global Asset Management Co. a CSS3 rating as special servicer. This is the first special servicer rating that Fitch has assigned in Japan.GAMCO's strengths include "the experience of their servicing staff ...
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