Commercial Mortgage

Link to Fitch Ratings’ Report: UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012 – C1 (US CMBS) Fitch Ratings has issued a presale report on UBS Commercial Trust 2012-C1 Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates: More >

Clopton Capital, a commercial mortgage provider, is announcing that there are virtually no indicators or factors that lead them to believe the commercial mortgage rates will become less competitive in the near future. More >

These are the best mortgage stocks for today, Friday, December 30, 2011. The stock price for these stocks performed the best in their industry of home mortgage related companies during today’s market hours. More >

U.S. mortgage applications last week rallied due to a surge in refinance applications, said the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey released Wednesday by the U.S. Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). More >

The Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, which represents buyers and sellers of investments backed by commercial property loans, spent $150,000 in the third quarter lobbying the federal government, according to a recent disclosure report. More >

Over the past several months, the commercial mortgage market has been volatile, plagued by weak investor appetite, wary lenders and warnings by ratings agencies of increasing risk. But one bright spot is emerging, as life insurance companies have taken advantage of the lull to become major lenders.

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Credit Suisse Group is poised to shut down its commercial-mortgage-backed securities division just days after a new warning of layoffs on Wall Street, according to people familiar with the matter.

The cutback also is a sign of the soft patch the commercial real-estate industry is enduring. Property values had been recovering until this summer, when concerns began rising about weakness in the economy and global capital markets. More >

Sales of commercial property insurance could be on the up after a study revealed the sales of commercial mortgages were on the up, rising by six per cent over the past year.

Commercial property insurance is a must for property owners and as mortgage sales rise, it is anticipated insurance will follow suit. More >

If you are attempting to obtain a commercial mortgage loan for your small business, you have probably realized that getting approved can be tough. Small businesses can face disadvantages that a longer-standing business may not. More >

After a six week stock market rally investors received more news that the most severe economic decline since the Great Depression may be leveling out or more aptly put by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, “tentative signs that the sharp decline in economic activity may be slowing.” Nobody but the most extremely optimistic economist called for an economic recovery by the end of the first quarter of 2009, although a number did target the end of the Second Quarter, although many of those predictions tended to drift into late 2009 and beyond. More >