Evaluating Bonds as Loan Alternatives

Community Banker;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......10-year balloon principal payments, and are backed...underlying pool of commercial mortgages are the primary...collateral for the commercial mortgages, including...set of rules. Principal payments are generally...off before principal payments are made ...

The performance of commercial mortgages.

Real Estate Economics;  March 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the investment characteristics of commercial mortgages. Whole loans, once originated, are...self-evident. As the performance of commercial mortgages hit historical lows in the early...The analysis of the performance of commercial mortgages has received little attention in...

GOVERNMENT TRIMS FIRST-QUARTER INTEREST, PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS

The Manila Times;  May 2, 2007 ;     281 words ......Philippines paid lower interest and cut principal payments for its debts by half in the first...posted a significant reduction in principal payments, cutting it by 50 percent from the...It also reported a reduction in principal payments for locally borrowed money, trimming...

THE GRAPEVINE

Real Estate Alert;  September 23, 1996 ;     71 words ......1 billion of performing commercial mortgages to Morgan Stanley. The investment...Teachers had $21 billion of commercial mortgages on its books at the end of...originated $2.3 billion of commercial mortgages in 1995.

Mortgages Yielded 14.3% in '95

Commercial Mortgage Alert;  February 5, 1996 ;     198 words ...Commercial mortgages posted a 14.26% return last...were the top performers among commercial mortgages last year, with a 16.43% return...dismal 1.2% return posted by commercial mortgages in 1994. But corporate bonds...

Rate Spike Saps Loan Returns

Commercial Mortgage Alert;  April 28, 1997 ;     208 words ......investments in the first quarter, but commercial mortgages managed to outperform corporate bonds. Commercial mortgages posted a negative 0.12% return...negative 1% return. Returns on commercial mortgages tend to be less volatile than...

Mortgage Yields Fell in Quarter

Commercial Mortgage Alert;  May 6, 1996 ;     260 words ......first quarter caused the return on commercial mortgages to drop for only the fourth time...Berkshire-Barnes Mortgage Index shows that commercial mortgages posted a 0.74% decline, after rising...Barnes index tracks some 36,000 commercial mortgages with an original value of $215 ...

IFS offering advisers chance to take on CeCM challenge.(Certificate in...

Financial Adviser;  March 16, 2006 ;     212 words ......registration for its Certificate in Commercial Mortgages. Announced earlier this year, the...aims to address the fundamentals of commercial mortgages and the key differences between...new markets. The Certificate in Commercial Mortgages addresses the needs of intermediaries...

FFI Announces Convertible Debt Retirement Initiative.

PR Newswire;  December 8, 2006 ;     651 words ......2006, the Company has begun making principal payments on its $7.5 million convertible term...Fund, Ltd. The November and December principal payments have reduced the convertible option...shares outstanding is expected if principal payments are in cash. Under terms of the agreement...

Provident Life Deal Breaks New Ground

Commercial Mortgage Alert;  October 9, 1995 ;     546 words ......time in a commercial MBS offering, principal payments will be made to all bondholders on...junior bondholders will receive some principal payments before the senior holders are fully...sequentially based on seniority, the principal payments from the shorter loans would all...

Teachers Completes Loan Sale

Commercial Mortgage Alert;  October 7, 1996 ;     112 words ......about $900 million of performing commercial mortgages to Morgan Stanley. The 40-loan portfolio...York insurer had $21 billion of commercial mortgages on its books at the end of last...one of the leading originators of commercial mortgages, making $2.3 billion of loans.

Morgan Stanley to Shepherd MBL Issue

Commercial Mortgage Alert;  January 22, 1996 ;     166 words ......about $200 million of performing commercial mortgages, the latest step in the insurer...million bulk sale of distressed commercial mortgages that MBL plans to conduct by mid...insurer securitized $108.6 million of commercial mortgages in an offering handled by CS First...

Morgan Stanley to Package Teachers' Loans

Commercial Mortgage Alert;  September 23, 1996 ;     170 words ......has agreed to sell $1 billion of commercial mortgages to Morgan Stanley, which will securitize...York insurer had $21 billion of commercial mortgages on its books at the end of last...were the leading originators of commercial mortgages last year among insurance firms...

Prime time to securitize commercial mortgages.

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  October 29, 1990 ;     608 words ...Prime Time To Securitize Commercial Mortgages CHICAGO - Current conditions...little motivation to sell commercial mortgages, since the last thing...requirements of 8 percent for commercial mortgages are further incentive...

Mortgage Returns Climbed in Quarter

Commercial Mortgage Alert;  April 24, 1995 ;     177 words ......boosted returns on commercial mortgages in the first quarter...tracks some 36,000 commercial mortgages with an original...months, owners of commercial mortgages have benefited...