New commentary from DBRS Morningstar highlights how the company looks at banks’ management of climate-related risks—in particular, from a credit perspective.
Read More »The State of SFR Investments
A new report takes a look at the performance of single-family rental securitizations. Click through to learn which metros saw high rent growth for SFR securitized properties and where it lagged.
Read More »Spotlight on Single-Borrower Performance
A report on the SFR space looked into rent changes for the single-borrower and single-family rental securitizations. Click through to learn more.
Read More »A Bridge Too Far to Cross
Bridge loans, or fix-and-flip loans, have only recently entered the RMBS market. But here’s a breakdown on the threat they pose homeowners and investors according to a major crediting agency.
Read More »Revisiting Single-Family Rental Securitizations
The latest single-family rental report from Morningstar Credit Ratings finds the average vacancy rate across single-borrower, single-family rental securitizations improving for the fifth consecutive month. The average SFR securitization vacancy rate declined to 4.4 percent in March 2018 from 4.6 ...
Read More »Five Minutes With: Brian Grow, President, Morningstar Credit Ratings
Editor’s note: this feature originally appeared in the April issue of DS News, out now. In his new role, Grow oversees the day-to-day operations of Morningstar’s structured finance, corporate credit, and financial institutions ratings business. Before being named President of Morningstar ...
Read More »Rental Vacancies Down, But Houston Rate Still Running High
According to Morningstar Credit Ratings, the average vacancy across single-borrower, single-family rental securitizations was down in January 2018, dropping to 5.0 percent from December 2017’s rate of 5.2 percent. Morningstar’s latest Single-Family Rental Research report says the drop is likely ...
Read More »The Industry Pulse: Updates on Morningstar, CoreLogic, and More …
Which companies are merging, and what professionals are moving? See some highlights in this update of the housing and mortgage industries. Chicago-headquartered Morningstar Credit Ratings has announced the appointment of Brian Grow as President of the company. In his new ...
Read More »Single-Family Rental Lease Expirations and Vacancy Rates Improving
Both lease expirations and vacancy rates among single-family rental securitizations showed continued improvement in December 2017, according to the latest data from Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC. According to Morningstar, single-borrower, single-family rental lease expirations declined for the second consecutive month, dropping ...
Read More »Single-Family Rental Lease Retention Strengthens as Rents Rise
The latest single-family rental research from Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC shows the rental market following familiar trends in the closing months of 2017, with more renters choosing to renew their expiring leases and delinquency rates holding steady. Morningstar’s Single-Family Rental ...
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