CMBS Issues Quickly Rising, But Are Underwriting Standards Falling Just As Fast?
Investment News reports: A recent article published by Investment News cited a special report put out by a collaboration of Real Capital Analytics, Deloitte LLP, and Real Estate Research Corp to state that 2011 CMBS issues have increased by more than ten times over 2010. This, the article stated, is both a sign of health and a cause for concern when considering the state of the CMBS market.
One the one hand, an increasingly robust CMBS sector is fueling trading activity, as buyers gain an additional source of debt to fund purchases. On the other hand, the rapid ramp-up in CMBS issuances has restarted the type of competition for business that allowed lending standards to slip drastically in the years leading up to the credit-freeze of 2007 and 2008.
Investment News quoted Joe Smith, founding partner of Glenmont Capital Management, who explained that, “Most investors complained about flaws and issues with CMBS, and most of those flaws and issues have not been resolved.” The article also noted a recent report put out by Standard & Poor’s that indicated underwriting standards are slipping faster than expected, especially in the nation's leading markets: “Lending is very competitive in these types of markets, where insurance companies, pension funds, foreign investors ... and [real estate investment trusts] could be bidding alongside CMBS issuers…The part that we believe should be most alarming to investors is that the appraisals appear to be building in upside in rents and occupancy.”
For more on this scrupulous look at the current state of CMBS, please see the full article on Investment News’ site.
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