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CRE Finance World / Thought Leadership
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| 4/1/2025 | Strategies to Overcome Funding Obstacles in the New Landscape of Multifamily Housing | JR Lephew | Affordable Housing | READ MORE |
| 3/28/2025 | Assessing Property Physical Risk with ASTM’s New Guide | CRE Finance Council | Climate Risk | READ MORE |
| 2/16/2024 | Bankruptcy Remote Structures: Recent Nonconsolidation Opinion Concerns | CRE Finance Council | Multifamily | READ MORE |
Research and Background Documents
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| 4/23/2025 | Due Diligence 101: 3rd Party Reports from A to Z | Partner Engineering and Science | READ MORE | |
| 4/23/2025 | Distressed Asset Due Diligence – Toolkit | Partner Engineering and Science | READ MORE | |
| 4/3/2025 | NCREIF/CREFC Open-end Debt Fund Aggregate 4Q2024 | CRE Finance Council | NCREIF/CREFC Open-End Debt Fund Aggregate | READ MORE |
Legislation and Regulation
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| 4/15/2025 | Policy and Capital Markets Briefing April 15, 2025 | CRE Finance Council | Policy and Capital Markets Briefing | READ MORE |
| 4/15/2025 | Capital Markets Update Week of 4/15 | CRE Finance Council | CMBS Performance Metrics | READ MORE |
| 4/15/2025 | Department of Government Efficiency Progress and Future under Musk | CRE Finance Council | Politics and Elections | READ MORE |
Press Releases and Alerts
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| 4/1/2025 | CREFC’s CRE CLO Investor Reporting Initiative: Enhancing Transparency and Investor Confidence | CRE Finance Council | Other | READ MORE |
| 12/26/2024 | Reporting Guidance for CMBS Trust Holdbacks | CRE Finance Council | CMBS Industry Standards | READ MORE |
| 1/5/2024 | NCREIF and CREFC Release Third Quarter 2023 Debt Fund Aggregate Report | CRE Finance Council | NCREIF/CREFC Open-End Debt Fund Aggregate | READ MORE |
Comment Letters and Testimony
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| 8/14/2023 | CREFC Comments on S&P Reproposal July 2023 | CRE Finance Council | Rating Agencies | READ MORE |
| 4/21/2021 | Joint State Aid Letter | CRE Finance Council | Tracking the LIBOR to SOFR Transition | READ MORE |
| 3/23/2021 | Proposed Tax and Recording of Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity Investments - Joint Mezz Letter | CRE Finance Council | Tax Reform | READ MORE |
Amicus Briefs
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| 11/20/2018 | Dismissal of Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Against Taberna CDO is Win for Securitization Industry | Cadwalader | Securitization Accounting Issues | READ MORE |
| 3/19/2012 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. versus Cherryland Mall Limited Partnership | CRE Finance Council | CMBS Structural Issues | READ MORE |
| 5/1/2009 | CMSA Files Amicus Brief on General Growth Properties Bankruptcy | CRE Finance Council | CMBS Structural Issues | READ MORE |
IRP Related
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| 9/30/2016 | CRE Finance Council Investor Reporting Package (CREFC IRP) Version 8.0; | CRE Finance Council | Standardized Loan Documents | READ MORE |
| 9/30/2016 | Redlined Version of CREFC IRP Version 8 .0 Exposure Draft | CRE Finance Council | Standardized Loan Documents | READ MORE |
| 8/1/2016 | CREFC Legal Closing Checklist for Loan Assumptions | CRE Finance Council | Standardized Loan Documents | READ MORE |