Foreclosure of Securitized Commercial Mortgages - A Model of the Special Servicer

The principal purpose of the purchase deed is to transfer the legal estate in the property from the seller to the buyer. The transfer of a legal estate is void unless it is made by deed. This chapter discusses types of purchase deed; joint representation of borrower and lender; commercial mortgages; the mortgage deed; and post-completion steps; and mortgage fraud.

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The Return of the Loan: Commercial Mortgage Investing after the 2008 Financial Crisis

Kellogg School of Management Cases ◽

10.1108/case.kellogg.2016.000285 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-35

Author(s):

Craig Furfine ◽

Mike Fishbein

Keyword(s):

Vice President ◽

Cash Flows ◽

List Type ◽

Mortgage Loans ◽

Risk Return ◽

Mortgage Backed Securities ◽

Direct Lending ◽

The 2008 Financial Crisis ◽

Benefits And Costs ◽

Commercial Mortgages

Zoe Greenwood, vice president at Foundation Investment Advisors, was glancing through the offering memorandum for a new commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) deal on April 1, 2010, a time when the opportunities for commercial mortgage investors had been bleak to the point of comical. This new CMBS deal represented the first opportunity to buy CMBS backed by loans to multiple borrowers since credit markets had shut the securitization pipeline in June 2008.The offering gave Greenwood a new investment opportunity to suggest to her firm's latest client. She had planned to recommend an expansion in her client's traditional commercial mortgage business, but these new bonds looked intriguing. Could the new CMBS offer her client a superior risk-return tradeoff compared with making individual mortgage loans?After students have analyzed the case they will be able to: –Learn how to construct promised cash flows from both commercial mortgages and commercial mortgage-backed securities –Understand the benefits and costs of direct lending versus indirect lending (purchase of mortgage-backed bonds) –Underwrite commercial mortgage loans issued by others to identify potentially hidden risks –Evaluate at what price a mortgage-bond investment makes financial sense

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