Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York, just released its CMBS 2024 Sector Outlook, which forecasts U.S. issuance activity for the new year and highlights key credit trends from 2023. MBA NewsLink interviewed KBRA’s Larry Kay and Andrew Foster to get their views on the current lending environment and property fundamentals as well as factors that may affect overall property performance in 2024.
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KBRA: CMBS Delinquency Rate Ticks Upward
KBRA, New York, said the delinquency rate among KBRA-rated U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities increased 19 basis points in November to 4.4%.
MBA NewsLink Multifamily Roundtable: High Rates, Stalled Rents and New Roofs
As uncertainty dominates discussions about getting deals done, MBA NewsLink convened three multifamily finance executives, Chad Musgrove, John Lloyd and Carl McLaughlin, to get their opinions on where the apartment industry sits and where it’s headed next.
KBRA Finds Challenging Single-Family Rental Fundamentals
Softening operating performance, elevated inflation, labor shortages and decelerating rental rates have produced the most challenging environment for the single-family rental sector yet, reported KBRA, New York.
KBRA: Lodging Loan Performance Clouded by Upper-Upscale Chains
U.S. hotels have performed well overall since the pandemic, but upscale properties report higher commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquencies than more modest hotels, reported KBRA, New York.
Economic Uncertainty, Remote Work Challenge Office Sector
Despite five interest rate increases in 2022, inflation remains near multi-year highs. This could hit the office sector harder than other property types, said KBRA, New York.
A Decade in the Making: KBRA on SFR Trends and Outlook
KBRA, New York, recently published a report, SFR Securitizations: A Decade in the Making, analyzing the sector’s evolution and growth. MBA Newslink interviewed the report’s authors about the factors driving the sector’s growth.
KBRA: Servicers Performed Admirably During COVID
Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York, said commercial mortgage-backed securities servicers “performed admirably” over the last two years while facing nearly unprecedented distress during the COVID pandemic.
Fitch: Slowing Trend in CMBS Defeasance
Commercial mortgage-backed securities defeasance volume soared during late 2021 and into January, but that trend could be ending, said Fitch Ratings, New York.
CMBS Defeasance Snaps Back
Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York, reported commercial mortgage-backed securities defeasance volume rebounded strongly last year after falling by nearly half in 2020.