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CMBS Delinquencies Post Slight Increase in February

The Trepp CMBS Delinquency rate inched up in February, rising five basis points overall to 4.71%. Year over year, the overall U.S. CMBS delinquency rate is up 159 bps.

In the closely watched office segment, delinquencies rose 33 bps in February to 6.63%. The month-over-month increase is roughly in line with the average 37-bp monthly gain for the sector over the past 12 months, according to Trepp.

The retail segment posted the largest decline of all property sectors for the month, dropping 24 bps to 6.03%. That said, retail CMBS still represents the second-highest delinquency rate, compared to 5.45% for lodging, 1.81% for multifamily and 0.43% for industrial.

If loans that are beyond their maturity date but current on interest were included, the delinquency rate would be 5.69%, up seven bps from January. The percentage of loans that are 30 days delinquent is 0.30%, up six bps for the month.

Trepp said the all-time high for the CMBS delinquency rate was 10.34%, registered in July 2012. The COVID-19 high was 10.32% in June 2020.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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