Subject: Research (RES)

CSFB was the most active lead manager on domestic CMBS deals in the first three quarters. Morgan Stanley topped lead managers on global issuance. Salomon Smith Barney, meanwhile, continued to dominate the co-manager rankings.

The provider of CMBS analytics is putting together an information portal that will allow investors to access specific deals and a variety of data on the market.

Morgan Stanley continues to lead all bookrunners on domestic CMBS deals, maintaining a sliver of a lead over Credit Suisse First Boston. Morgan also led on the global side, with CSFB in second.

During the first half of the year, $630 million of industrial property sales took place in the Los Angeles Basin. Prices in the area have started to soften, but rents are still solid.

What a difference a quarter makes. The second quarter was, according to one study, a record period since 1995 in terms of property investment activity. The market is expected to slow sharply this quarter and next.

September 27, 2001 NEW YORK – Fitch is predicting that CMBS will see an increase, but no dramatic spike, in loan defaults.The rating agency, like other market observers, had been anticipating a market slow-down. But the terrorist attack on the ...

September 24, 2001 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportCMBS spreads continued to widen last week, as investors remained skittish following the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center. According to the Commercial Real Estate Direct CMBS Pricing Matrix – ...

September 21, 2001 The European Public Real Estate Association, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and Euronext are launching a global real estate equities index on Oct. 1.The EPRA/Nareit Global Real Estate Index is a composite of European, Asian ...

September 17, 2001 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportBids for CMBS on the secondary market widened sharply at the end of last week as a result of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.The few banks that were actually ...

September 10, 2001 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report.Spreads on CMBS remained flat last week.According to the Commercial Real Estate Direct CMBS Pricing Matrix – which has been updated for the week ended Sept. 7, 2001 – 10-year, triple-A bonds ...