MBA Sees Limited Refi Risks for CRE/MF Loans

The Mortgage Bankers Association reports that the commercial and multifamily mortgage market faces limited exposure to refinance risks stemming from the current credit crunch through the release of its Research DataNote. The report notes that relatively few commercial/multifamily mortgages will mature in the next two years. "There's been a general impression that a large volume of commercial/multifamily mortgages are coming due this year and next," said Jamie Woodwell, senior director of commercial/multifamily research at the MBA. "The reality is that 2008 and 2009 will see a relatively small volume of maturing mortgages, with the majority of CMBS loans not maturing until 2015 or later." Capturing data from JPMorgan and Wachovia Capital Markets, the DataNote reports that there are more than $600 billion of outstanding loans in CMBS fixed-rate deals. Of this, only $16 billion is scheduled to mature in 2008 and another $19 billion in 2009. The surge in sales and financing volume during 2005, 2006 and 2007, coupled with the fact that CMBS loans tend to have a 10-year term, mean that the majority of CMBS loans will not mature until 2015 or later -- $98 billion of loans are scheduled to mature in 2015, $128 billion in 2016 and $127 billion in 2017.