Entries by jimflaherty

IRP Article in Debtwire

A recent article published by Debtwire addresses the IRP 6 issue. It’s the first time I’ve seen anything about this in mainstream news; that’s a good sign that more people are starting to pay attention to this issue. Here is the article: New CMSA IRP in flux; opposition from executives by Sarika Gangar sarika.gangar@debtwire.com www.debtwire.com A new […]

Good progress on MISMO standards

We had a third committee call today on the MISMO Rent Roll and Operating Statement Standards Committee. We have had 15-20 people on all the calls. The first two focused on the rent roll; this one focused on operating statements. We are making good progress and have basically finished up the rent roll and operating […]

Geithner Proposal a Mixed Bag

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s proposal to “fix” securitization was released last week, and it is a mixed bag for CMBS. On the positive side, he stated the SEC should promote increased transparency for both the deals and the rating agency methodology used to rate the deals. The best line was “Investors and credit rating agencies […]

17 Firms call in for XML kick off – CMSA next week

We had the kick-off call for the rent roll and operating statement standards making committee yesterday, and 17 firms called in representing CMBS issuers, banks, insurance companies, rating agencies, servicers and data providers. I was encouraged by the attendance number and the productive conversation. We made good progress through rent rolls and got started on […]

Big Easy showed early seeds of transparency

The MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing and Technology Conference I just attended was much more about business issues that servicers face (covenant violations, defaults, foreclosures and a general lack of liquidity) than how technology can help solve those issues. While words like transparency and efficiency were sometimes used, the belief that technology is need to achieve these goals seemed […]

C-MISMO to create rent roll and operating statement standards – Flaherty to chair

We announced at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing and Technology Conference in New Orleans that C-MISMO has authorized the creation of new standards for rent rolls and operating statements. To better aid all CRE investors/lenders, we have reduced our focus on the CMSA’s CMBS-centered IRP 6 (which we support) to instead concentrate on establishing broader commercial real estate […]