CMBS

Trends in commercial real estate lending, which has reached record levels at U.S. banks, are unsustainable, Fitch Ratings warned.

Credit Suisse is marketing $767 million of bonds backed by 53 mortgage that are secured in turn by 199 commercial properties.

Citigroup is marketing its latest commercial mortgage securitization heavily centered on the more volatile CMBS mix of hotel and office properties.

Commercial mortgage originations increased 5% in the third quarter compared with the same period last year, driven by a huge increase in government-sponsored enterprise volume.

Blackstone Real Estate Partners is tapping the securitization market for a cash-out refinancing of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hotel and casino.

As Rodrigo Lopez begins his term as chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association, the Nebraska multifamily lender seeks to use the platform to embrace the challenges of improving diversity and technology throughout the industry, while remaining vigilant about the ever-changing regulatory landscape.

The second commercial mortgage securitization designed to comply with risk retention is backed by a single loan on a Manhattan skyscraper.

Fitch Ratings has identified more than 1,000 properties in commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions that had exposure to Hurricane Matthew.

It's tougher out there for New York's commercial real estate developers seeking cash for their latest projects.

More than $200 billion of the most poorly underwritten commercial mortgages originated before the financial crisis come due this year and next, many of them still underwater.