CMBS delinquencies decreased 6.8% in February, a decline of 78 basis points over January levels, according to Trepp data released this week. The decrease represents the largest improvement in the rate since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the rate has now decreased for eight straight months.

The CMBS delinquency rate in the US was 2.04% a year ago, before the pandemic began. Six months ago, the delinquency rate was 9.02%.

The percentage of loans that are more than 30 days delinquent is down 16 basis points for the month as well, at 0.58%. Around 2.3% of loans missed February payments but were within their grace periods at less than 30 days delinquent, a 77 basis point decrease. The percentage of loans with the special servicer decreased to 9.6%, a drop from 9.72% in January.

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.

Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.