Every borrower looking to refinance an existing commercial real estate loan or sell a property encumbered by one needs to consider how to release its existing financing. Commercial loan documents ...

Yield maintenance and defeasance are two common methods used to compensate lenders for the loss of interest income on commercial loans. Both terms refer to prepayment penalties designed to preserve ...

Janell Otis fixed-rate, conduit/commercial mortgage-backed securities, HUD Defeasance is the preferred form of call protection for fixed-rate conduit/commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans ...

As the commercial real estate industry continues to adjust to a rising interest rate environment, reports of defeasance requests have trended higher in recent months,” wrote Marc McDevitt, a senior ...

A defeasance clause in real estate is a provision in loan agreements that defines how a borrower can satisfy the lender's requirements in order to release their lien on the property. This clause can ...

In a recent Wall Street Journal Article, Alex Pollock and I proposed using financial defeasance to unlock the mortgage market. Existing home sales volume has been severely depressed since September ...

GREENSBORO, N.C., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Commercial Defeasance, LLCrecently facilitated a $21,800,000 multi-property defeasance transactionfor HVM Management Company, Inc. based in Greensboro, North ...

New legislation permitting conventional mortgage borrowers to use defeasance as a payoff option instead making a due-on-sale payoff must recognize and address several tax issues. Taxes are complicated ...

New Chapter: Charles B. Slocum at WGAW in L.A.’s Fairfax District. In this white-hot real estate market, a lot of commercial investors are looking to sell and take profits. Also, historically low ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterstone Defeasance recently closed a defeasance transaction for a $11.5 million CMBS loan, secured by an office property in Fresh Meadows, NY.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterstone Defeasance recently closed a defeasance transaction for a $28.5 million CMBS loan, secured by a multifamily property in Hyattsville, MD.