CB Richard Ellis Group, Los Angeles, has announced that it is expanding its commercial mortgage loan servicing business to include Europe.The company says it plans to target portfolio lenders as well as the growing European commercial mortgage-backed securities market. CBRE is a major player in commercial mortgage servicing through its subsidiary, L.J. Melody & Co. Melody's joint venture with GE Commercial Finance Real Estate, GEMSA Loan Services, serviced a commercial loan portfolio of approximately $60 billion as of Dec. 31. GEMSA serves more than 90 portfolio lenders and 150 securitized pools. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.cbre.com.
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The drop in the annual metric for FHA loans was the biggest in over four years but other performance indicators ICE Mortgage Technology tracked were mixed.
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NJ Lenders suffered a cyberattack last August, which potentially exposed the names and social security numbers of about 30,000 individuals.
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Its origination volume of $621.8 million was an increase of $114 million compared with the first quarter but its gain-on-sale was 5 basis points lower.
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The mortgage subsidiary of PlainsCapital Bank saw improvement in its bottom line but remained in the red amid ongoing affordability constraints.
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Though the crimes occurred earlier this decade, they highlight how much easier it has become to create false documents today, given the rise of artificial intelligence.
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The "stay-put" economy, along with higher mortgage rates, is responsible for this shift where home equity and seconds have a 17.5% market share, Benutech found.
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