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With the introduction of new rules for mark-to-market accounting in both the U.S. and abroad, the ability to obtain a fair, timely and realistic market value for asset-backed securities has taken a new sense of urgency.
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Current economic conditions have meant that unprecedented government interventions in the market have become widespread.
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Could the next wave of the credit crisis flood courthouses with commercial real estate securities lawsuits?
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The Public-Private Investment Program is the latest initiative by the U.S. Treasury to unfreeze credit markets.
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In a declining economy, commercial real estate investors want long-term leases, low tenant rollover, low expense ratios and the ability to pass along increasing operating expense to tenants. -
On January 19, 2009, the U.S. Department of Education, together with the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget, established the first federally guaranteed student loan asset-backed commercial paper conduit program.
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CMBS spreads moved inversely to REIT equity valuations in late 2007 and 2008.
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By now, most industry participants have some familiarity with the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility.
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Commercial real estate, like most other asset sectors, has experienced a severe re-pricing over the past two years.
