CMBS loans are likely to increasingly feature in Collateralized Loan Obligations.

Mortgage application activity was little changed overall in the holiday-shortened week ending Nov. 23.

The Public Service Commission of West Virginia, the state’s energy regulator, has delayed a securitization proposed by American Electric Power (AEP) by two months.

Another CMBS transaction is in the works called COMM 2012-CCRE5, according to an SEC filing today.

Standard & Poor's estimates that CMBS issuance in the U.S. will hit $45 billion dollars in 2013.

Credit card delinquency and default rates continued to drop in the third quarter, except for a slight increase in the sub-sector of retail, DBRS said.

The qualified mortgage test and risk retention rules will cement Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s dominance in the secondary market.

Centerline Capital Group said on Monday that it closed its first non-multifamily financing.

Today the Board of the IOSCO published the final report on Principles for Ongoing Disclosure for Asset Backed Securities, which is a guide to securities regulators.

Mortgage bankers issued almost $37 billion of Ginnie Mae MBS in October, a 6% decline from the month prior.

Retailers that are major CMBS tenants have posted mixed results.Online retailing continues to accelerate and it’s causing a shift in the business models of retailers and by extension; it’s also causing a shift in the business models of landlords that provide space to retailers.