Delinquent CMBS Loans Continue to Decline

With mountains of real estate debt coming due in the next three years, borrowers appear to be taking advantage of favorable market conditions to prepay loans tied to commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).

The CMBS delinquency rate, which includes loans that are 30 days or more past due, fell to 5.66 percent in January, compared with 7.25 percent a year earlier, according to commercial real estate consulting firm Trepp LLC. It marked the 18th monthly decline in the past 20 months.

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Preferred Apartment Communities Uses Loans to Stand Out

John Williams, co-founder and CEO of Preferred Apartment Communities (NYSE: APTS), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Williams described the current market for multifamily REITs as a “Goldilocks world” in light of the widespread demand for apartment housing. He singled out the southeast and southwest corners of the country as the two best geographic locales for apartment companies.

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