Wachovia, with a $132.8 billion portfolio as of June 30, is now the largest primary and master servicer of commercial mortgage-backed securities, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.GMAC Commercial Holding, with $118.9 billion, is the second-largest CMBS servicer on the MBA's list; Midland Loan Services, with $84.3 billion, is third; and Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Servicing, with $52.5 billion, is fourth. LNR Partners ranks as the No. 1 special servicer named on CMBS deals. LNR is named as the special servicer to manage troubled loans on $126 billion of CMBS deals.
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Lenders may not be able to fully respond to the broader government-sponsored enterprises' rollout of VantageScore 4.0 yet but there is one thing they can do now.
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Sellers are easing demands as rates hit 15-month highs, giving buyers leverage. Originators: target sideline buyers before next week's Fed hike lifts rates further.
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The decrease in jumbo availability accounted for much of the drop in the latest mortgage credit index, as conforming and government offerings were unchanged.
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The consumer price index rose 0.4% last month, in line with July's reading. For a monetary policy committee that has been split on inflation, the inconclusive report will compel the Fed to make a call on whether to raise interest rates or stay put.
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Abacus Federal Savings Bank in Chinatown scrambled to reopen in the days following the World Trade Center attacks. The exercise resulted in the bank's first disaster-recovery plan.
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The current transaction has the largest collateral pool that the platform has issued all year, with 294 loans, and it has the highest percentage of conforming loans, at 45.1%.
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