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Spreads have widened and GI Partners' $375m deal is moving slowly
Investors say data centre deals are pricing wider than other types of CMBS
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Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings are both expecting to see strong property performance in 2007, a factor that will boost the performance of commercial mortgage-backed securities.
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The ratio of upgrades to downgrades hit 34:1 last year for U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities market, according to Fitch Ratings which rated approximately 500 CMBS deals and upgraded 1,781 tranches, more than double those upgraded the year before.
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Thacher Proffitt & Wood has added a three-person team specializing in commercial mortgage-backed securities.
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U.S. investment grade-grade fixed-rate commercial mortgage-backed securities market has seen spreads overall tighten two basis points with all ratings remaining at record tights, according to Morgan Stanley.
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Hedge fund investors now make up 40% of the commercial mortgage-backed securities investor base, rising steadily from just 5% in 2002.
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Commercial mortgage-backed securities issuance could be more sensitive to future economic downturns because more volatile property types are being included in new deals.