Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Commercial mortgage delinquencies returning to prerecession levels

The delinquency rates of most types of commercial and multifamily mortgages fell in the third quarter, with multifamily loan delinquency rates back at prerecession levels, according to Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) research.

The 30-day delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans was down 0.37 percentage points to 5.47%. The 60-day delinquency rate of commercial and multifamily loans held by life insurance companies fell 0.03 percentage points to 0.05%.

The 60-day delinquency rate for multifamily loans backed by Fannie Mae decreased to 0.09%, while the 60-day rate for Freddie Mac multifamily loans increased 0.01 percentage points to 0.03%.

The post-recession highs for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily delinquency rates occurred around 2010. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the 60-plus day delinquency rate for Fannie Mae was 0.71%, and was 0.33% in the third quarter of 2011 for Freddie Mac.

In the fourth quarter of 2006, the Fannie Mae 60-day delinquency rate was 0.08%, and the Freddie Mac rate was 0.05%.

Some delinquency rates were still above recession-era peaks. Approximately 1.28% of loans held by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and banks were delinquent 90 or more days in the third quarter. That delinquency rate peaked between 2010 and 2011 at above 4%, with the low at 0.8% around mid-2006.

CMBS 30-plus and real estate owned (REO) delinquency rates stood at just above 5% in the third quarter. The peak was in 2011 at close to 9%. Between 1997 and 2009, CMBS delinquencies were below 2%.

“Improving property fundamentals and values, as well as a strong finance market, are helping drive delinquency rates down across all investor groups,” said MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell in a press release.

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