Thanks to the COVID crisis, appraisal reductions in commercial MBS are rising rapidly and may be a harbinger of future loan losses, warns Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
The property assessed clean energy ABS issued by Renovate America are “largely insulated” from the company’s financial troubles given its limited involvement in the deals post-issuance, according to KBRA.
Freddie’s green loans have accounted for a cumulative savings of 827 million gallons in water consumed, and more than 152 million kilo-BTUs in energy savings. In raw cash terms, that comes to more than $11 million in savings per (multifamily) loan.
Mike Fratantoni, chief economist at the MBA, said the increase is linked to the rise in COVID-19 infections, a disease that continues to whipsaw the economy.