KBRA Releases Research – CMBS Loan Performance Trends: October 2021

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases a report on U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan performance trends observed in the October 2021 servicer reporting period. The October delinquency rate fell to 4.1%, down from 4.4% in September. This is the 16th consecutive month where the rate has declined or was flat from the previous month since peaking in June 2020, at 8.2%.

Lodging recorded the largest decrease in delinquency rates, to 9.3% from 10.2%, followed by retail (6.5% from 7.2%). Similar to recent months, the decline in lodging delinquencies was sizable, with 27 lodging loans totaling $493.8 million becoming current or resolved. A look at the conduit universe showed that delinquencies declined to 5.1%, down 30 basis points from the September delinquency rate of 5.4%. In October, the amount of conduit loans in special servicing also decreased for the sixth consecutive month, to $17.3 billion from $17.7 billion in September 2021.

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