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Mission West Properties Inc. said it transferred its remaining assets to, and its remaining liabilities were assumed by, the Mission West Liquidating Trust.

Among the trends an executive at one industry vendor foresees for 2013 are changes in loan product mix and nonconforming secondary market investment interest.

There’s still an awful lot of damage and debris to be cleaned up in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, with staggering problems for those whose property was in low-lying coastal areas.

Dale Oberkfell has been elected as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

Indianapolis will start 2013 by floating $42.4 million of bonds in the final debt issue for a massive $734 million public safety net hospital that is set to open by the end of the year.

Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a definitive Baa3 (sf) rating to $182 million in securities in a commercial real estate liquidating vehicle that introduces a new feature.

Purchases of mortgage loans by Fannie Mae jumped 25% in the month of November.

Lower interest rates enabled Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. to close a $112.6 million loan secured by the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., and the Westin Hotel in Princeton, N.J.

Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a range of definitive ratings to about $300 million in commercial mortgage-backed securities from a single-asset transaction.

Steadfast said it has invested over $467 million in 25 apartment communities in nine Midwestern and Southern states.