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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) are doing well during the 1990s, despite a slowdown in the market during 1995. The slowdown is due, in part, to a slowing of demand and fluctuations in interest rates. However, REITs may become more popular among investors because the average deal surveyed increased 17%, and dividend yields are often better than other investments. In Hong Kong, real estate stocks represent about 40% of the stock market exchange, compared to 1% in the US., After what can only be described as explosive growth in 1993, a basic rule of economics caught up with the REIT industry at the end of 1994. 'There have been [...]

It's probably premature to say that the commercial mortgage business has seen the worst, but there do seem to be a few signs that the beginning of the end is [...]

Spreads Widening in Response to Economy Commercial mortgage rates spent September on a roller coaster as rates climbed gradually for the first three weeks then fell precipitously for the next [...]

It was the calm before the storm in June - literally and figuratively - as the commercial real estate market prepared for an onslaught of securitizations, and coastal areas braced [...]

After a white-hot pace of issuance in March, new offerings of commercial mortgage-backed securities have practically disappeared, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. But that's [...]

The dollar volume of mortgages on commercial real estate hit the public marketplace at a record level in March, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. [...]

Investors in loans on commercial real estate - insurance companies, pension funds and Wall Street firms - continued competing for business in January, squeezing spreads between interest rates on commercial [...]

Trees may not grow to the sky, but it sure looked that way in commercial real estate last year. According to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey, [...]

Perhaps it's time to sing a chorus of 'Happy Days are Here Again.' Make that another chorus because the market for commercial real estate has been singing that tune for [...]

OK, so maybe trees - or their real estate equivalent, leverage - don't grow to the sky. But for a while there, it sure looked to the commercial real estate [...]

Staggering volume, higher Treasury yields and bad news from Ford Motor Co. and General Motors didn't cause the wheels to fall off the commercial mortgage bus, but it certainly loosened [...]

As fictional character Alfred E. Newman of Mad Magazine might say about the state of commercial lending today, 'What, me worry?' Retail consolidations, highly leveraged loans, and rock-bottom spreads are [...]

So much for sleepy Januarys. The commercial mortgage business started this year at warp speed, reports the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. Both institutional lenders and CMBS [...]

We don't suspect that Sir John Templeton had commercial real estate in mind when he noted that 'bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and [...]

These are heady days for commercial real estate marked by low Treasury rates, skinny spreads and loose underwriting standards that even a borrower could love. According to the Barron's/John B. [...]

We're not sure it's sufficient to describe the commercial mortgage market as frothy, but then again 'irrational exuberance' seems a bit overstated. Capital continues to seek commercial mortgages and, as [...]

It looks as if the summer doldrums in the commercial-mortgage market have been canceled this year, at least according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. To [...]

In January, we asked a group of buyers and sellers of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) for their opinions on where triple-A spreads and issuance volume in the U.S. would be [...]

Commercial mortgage players experienced few Maalox moments in May, as spreads on both Treasury rates and interest-rate swaps stayed stable. But the market was awash in loan originations and new [...]

If you're waiting for the sell-off in real estate investment trusts to affect commercial mortgage-backed securities, you had better be patient. REIT shares have dropped from a 33% premium to [...]

It's hard to imagine the commercial-mortgage business getting any more competitive, but the latest Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey indicates that it is. Lenders and originators have [...]

The commercial mortgage market stayed hot in January as spreads over comparable Treasuries plunged to incredibly low levels, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. As [...]

Detroit may be having its problems, needing to use incentives to fuel sales, but the commercial mortgage business is clearly running on all cylinders, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy [...]

The party in the commercial-mortgage market just keeps getting livelier. The Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey shows whole-loan originators and participants in the commercial mortgage-backed securities arena [...]

In a Thanksgiving frame of mind, investors in commercial mortgage-backed securities gobbled up all they could find in November, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy National Mortgage Survey. The month [...]

Commercial mortgage-backed securities are the prettiest pig in the pen, noted one major money manager - not pretty, just the best of what's available. Real estate fundamentals continue to be [...]

The war, a lingering recession, a roller-coaster ride on Treasuries and impressive commercial mortgage volume all showed up in March, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage [...]

In a classic case of having gone 'too far, too fast,' the yield spreads on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) returned from the extraordinarily low levels they had briefly reached, according [...]

It's a battle of the heavyweights - technicals vs. fundamentals. And right now, technicals are the clear winner, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Company National Mortgage Survey. Commercial [...]

The market-moving events of Nov. 4-8 left the commercial mortgage-backed securities market surprisingly unimpressed, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. For one, the Federal Reserve's [...]

Chubby Checker probably didn't have interest rates in mind when he sang 'How low can you go?' in the 1962 anthem 'Limbo Rock.' But with interest rates at their lowest [...]

Extraordinarily low Treasury rates and the largest offering of collateralized mortgage-backed securities in more than three years made for a vibrant August. Meanwhile, a new single-asset transaction marketed by Lehman [...]

WHO KNOWS? Maybe this time it's different. Real estate and commercial mortgages, whipping boys for many an economic downturn and surefire areas to avoid in troubled times, are wearing white [...]

The commercial mortgage-backed securities market was a hotbed of activity in July, as some $7 billion in CMBS came to market, according to the Barron's/ John B. Levy & Co. [...]

Lenders see move as sign economy is on the mend The Federal Reserve's sixth interest-rate cut of the year was met with a yawn in the market for commercial mortgages [...]

Two office empires sell $1 billion-plus offerings The market for mortgages on commercial properties was chock-a-block with both action and anxiety in May, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & [...]

When the Federal Reserve speaks, the commercial mortgage market responds, and April's surprise rate reduction was no exception. According to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey, the [...]

In a market best described as jittery, commercial mortgage spreads widened in March, while interest rates stayed enticingly low, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey. [...]

As one Wall Street market color sheet quipped, 'You A know the sector has been relatively quiet when there are more traders than securities being traded.' While that statement is [...]

What's the latest view on shopping centers? 'We're choking on retail' was how one institutional lender described his commercial mortgage portfolio and, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. [...]

The commercial mortgage industry polished off 2000 in remarkably strong style, according to the Barron's/ John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey of more than 30 participants in the [...]

A roaring Treasury market lit a fire under real estate borrowers as mortgage rates continued to set new lows for the year. According to the Barron's/ John B. Levy & [...]

By mid-fall, commercial mortgage rates had fallen to their lowest level this year, according to the Barron's/ John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey of more than 30 participants [...]

Commercial mortgage interest rates were little changed at the beginning of fall from their pre-Labor Day levels, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey of more [...]

The commercial mortgage business enjoyed a quiet late summer for the first time in three years. At least that's what is indicated by the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National [...]

The commercial mortgage business fared well this summer, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey of more than 30 institutional investors involved in both individual mortgages [...]

The commercial mortgage market spent the early summer in relatively calm waters, according to the Barton's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey of more than 30 institutional investors in [...]

A volatile Treasury gave commercial mortgage buyers and sellers a few Maalox moments during the past month, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey of more [...]

Commercial mortgage rates headed north over the past 30 days, according to the Barron's/John B. Levy & Co. National Mortgage Survey of more than 30 investors in individual mortgages and [...]