Much of the CRE loan analysis that has come out has been based on data from such sources as CMBS, proprietary sets, or compilations of government releases. Many of the results look at long-term financing.

A new Wall Street Journal analysis, though, wades into the troubling area of  mezzanine financing. A normal part of CRE credit stacks, it's been a way for developers, owners, and investors to get from one period of financing to another, maybe keeping a project afloat while a property leases up.

But what had been a normal part of the financial firmament has taken a turn for the worse.

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