Sperry Van Ness Webinar

    Special Webinar for Sperry Van Ness Ann Hambly, the founder of 1st Service Solutions and the borrower advocate role in the industry will share her wisdom on how to maneuver through a CMBS transaction so even some of the most challenging requests can be...
May Day!

May Day!

– by Greg Dahms   May Day! May Day! May Day! The universal call for help. On this May Day you might wonder from where the expression came? As a pilot, the question certainly came to my mind years ago during my flight training. A little investigation led to...
Whistling in the Graveyard of Maturities

Whistling in the Graveyard of Maturities

– by Rob Seidenwurm   A recent Morningstar report offered good news!  A full 61% of the CMBS loans that matured in February, 2015 paid off on time.  Further, they project 70% of the loans in the rest of 2015 to pay off on time.  Again, this was touted as...
Getting an A/B note modification is only half the battle

Getting an A/B note modification is only half the battle

– by Kevin Duty As a relatively recent development in the world of CMBS loan workouts, the A/B note bifurcation has quickly developed into a “win-win” strategy for Lenders and Borrowers alike. The A/B note allows a borrower to make debt service payments on,...

1st Service Solutions Sounds the CMBS Maturity Alarm

Almost $150 Billion at Risk over the Next Three Years DALLAS, TX(April 22, 2015)–1stService Solutions, an industry leading commercial real estate loan owner advocate and refinance firm, has some sobering news to share about the future of maturities in the commercial...