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The first ratings agency to go unsolicited? [updated]

Turns out unsolicited ratings are highly unpredictable.

No sooner had we mused whether FinReg would create a host of voluntary ratings — those not paid for by the issuer of the security — and some three weeks later we get the below (unconfirmed) report. More…

ABS market freed! Ford rejoices! Ratings agencies make provisos!

Behold — the first ABS to be issued since the Dodd-Frank bill caused the market to paralyse, the securitisation markets to declare the end of the world, and the ratings agencies to fight for free speech. More…

Delinquent CMBS, the `C’ stands for climbing

Behold, what looks to be the biggest monthly increase in delinquent CMBS in 2009 (so far).

Realpoint has released its CMBS delinquency report for November 2009.

With the exception of June 2009, More…

Your CMBS tranche is in the mail

Here’s your monthly dose of CMBStress — courtesy of ratings agency Realpoint.

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CMBStress resumes

And now a return to your normal programming — the ever-increasing amount of commercial mortgage-backed securities in delinquency…

July’s reduction in delinquent CMBS — the first monthly decrease since August 2008 — looks to have been a blip if Realpoint’s latest report on the sector is anything to go by. More…