Loans collateralized by multifamily properties experienced the biggest increase in the delinquency rate among commercial property types during the month of June, rising 133 basis points to 4.10 percent, according to a new CMBS report from Moody’s Investors Service. But it may not be as bad, sector-wise, as it appears at first glance. “The difference was due mainly to two newly delinquent loans, both multifamily portfolios in the MLMT 2007-C1 transaction,” explained Kevin Fagan, a vice president and senior analyst with the ratings service. “Assuming these loans were current, the multifamily delinquency rate for June would be 2.57 percent.” Delinquency rates increased...

The House Financial Services Committee agreed to make key changes to flood insurance reform legislation clearing the way for industry groups to endorse the bill. The committee’s most recent draft includes provisions that would retain “grandfathering,” a policy that protects policyholders from significant rate increases when the Federal Emergency Management Agency periodically revises its flood maps, and allow federal flood insurance coverage of new homes built in 100-year floodplains. The committee also proposes...

A housing crisis in America? Maybe the Russians can help...

In a somewhat uncommon move, Progress increased a planned issuance after presale reports on the deal were already published.

It was the slowest agency refi market since the third quarter of 2014…

PennyMac and Credit Suisse are revising two master mortgage repurchase agreements to increase the lender’s funding capacity for new loan originations and purchases of mortgage servicing rights, the company disclosed in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In June, PennyMac agreed to revised terms of its master purchase agreement to increase temporarily the maximum committed purchase price to $943 million from $700 million. The amended agreement allows...

This spring, Fannie provided Invitation Homes with a $1 billion financing vehicle, which gave the real estate investment trust a cheaper cost of funds than tapping the MBS market.

Walter Investment, the parent of Ditech, is considered a turnaround situation...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed minor revisions to its single-family and multifamily housing goals for 2018 through 2020 to push Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to continue helping low-income borrowers. The FHFA acknowledged that Fannie and Freddie are challenged when it comes to making credit available for the low-income market. Both government-sponsored enterprises have fallen short of the market in the low-income and very low-income purchase goal almost every year since 2013, the regulator noted. Most of the single-family goals would remain...[Includes one data table]

An expert in the commercial real estate debt market is calling on industry participants to “reset the business to where it used to be” to stop the commercial MBS market from shrinking any further. In a recent blog, Rick Jones, partner and co-chair of Dechert’s finance and real estate practice, noted CRE securitization, or at least the conduit part of the business, continues to dwindle. It has fallen from $800 billion in outstanding principal balance in 2007 to approximately $400 billion currently, with a run rate of about $50 billion annually. The downward trend is...