CMBS delinquency rates have been climbing steadily during the past year. The December numbers from Trepp show that the overall rate grew by 191 basis points during 2024. Office delinquency rates reached 11.01% last month.

There’s other mixed news in CMBS too, as Trepp research associate Vivek Denkanikotte wrote. CMBS issuance topped $100 billion last year, almost three times as high as in 2023. But as issuance increased, so did the number of borrowers who had problems paying off their loans at maturity.

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