Janell Otis fixed-rate, conduit/commercial mortgage-backed securities, HUD Defeasance is the preferred form of call protection for fixed-rate conduit/commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans ...

A defeasance clause in real estate is a provision in loan agreements that defines how a borrower can satisfy the lender's requirements in order to release their lien on the property. This clause can ...

Defeasance is now a common feature of real estate finance, allowing a borrower to effectively prepay a loan that is not by its terms prepayable. A defeasance is a substitution of a loan's real estate ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 ...

Every borrower looking to refinance an existing commercial real estate loan or sell a property encumbered by one needs to consider how to release its existing financing. Commercial loan documents ...

Defeasance provisions, which allow sponsors to swap out a loan with Treasuries that replicate the cash flows of the loan, have again become a popular option for CMBS borrowers looking to lock in rates ...

Defeasance probably isn’t a word you hear used in everyday conversation. When you’re buying a home, though, it’s important to know what it means — it refers to terminating something, or rendering it ...

Mesirow's public finance and institutional sales and trading groups will collaborate to offer clients defeasance and cash-flow management, the firm announced Monday. Processing Content The team will ...