CMBS delinquency rate falls 5bps in January

The U.S. CMBS delinquency rate fell slightly in January, according to Trepp. The delinquency rate for U.S. commercial real estate loans in CMBS is now 5.18 percent, a drop of 5 basis points from December, when it was at its highest level in 14 months.

The rate is now 86 basis points higher than the year-ago level. The rate hit a multi-year low of 4.15 percent in February 2016, following the resolution of the $3 billion Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village loan. The all-time high was 10.34 percent in July 2012.

Broken down by property type, the industrial delinquency rate jumped 40 basis points to 6.02 percent, while lodging fel