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%.

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.

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.

CMBS Delinquency, Special Servicing Rates Dip in December

Fitch Ratings, New York, said the commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate dipped nine basis points in December to 2.67 percent, driven by robust new issuance, continued loan resolutions and fewer new delinquencies.