We find substantial regional variations in CMBS loan default rates based on a 10-year history of nearly 38,000 CMBS loans. We seek to explain those variations with well documented risk factors such as negative equity, insolvency, property type, originator and state foreclosure law, as well as...

Subordination is designed to provide credit risk protection for senior commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) tranches by allocating the initial credit losses to the more junior tranches. Subordination level should in theory reflect the underlying credit risk of the CMBS pool. In this...

Subordination is designed to provide credit risk protection for senior CMBS tranches by allocating the initial credit losses to the more junior tranches. Subordination level should in theory reflect the underlying credit risk of the CMBS pool. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that...

We document the default rates of CMBS loans during the recent financial crisis. The 30 , 60 , and 90 day delinquency rates of conduit CMBS loans have risen sharply since late 2008 and have reached levels that are about 7 times of the 10-year average. Comparing to the previous crisis in the early...

Why is bank lending to business for their own portfolios slowing? This study analyzes six reasons for banks’ willingness or inability to lend to commercial and industrial and real estate businesses. Their willingness (or unwillingness) stems from a combination of bad loans on their books and...