About Us

Every week, Commercial Mortgage Alert delivers hard-to-get news, analysis and statistics on the CMBS and REIT-debt markets, as well as the traditional real estate finance business.

The newsletter's reputation as the market bible stems from its forward-looking coverage, which routinely tips off subscribers to upcoming financing opportunities and important moves planned by big lenders and borrowers.

Subscription price: $4,397 for 46 weekly issues.

What does Commercial Mortgage Alert cover?

• Financing needs of REITs and private developers.
• Confidential plans for CMBS offerings and the pricing of those deals.
• New players entering the lucrative, yet volatile B-piece market.
• Fresh trends in unsecured REIT financings.
• Career openings for real estate finance and securitization professionals.
• Market calamities and the casualties they claim.
• Fierce competition among conduit lenders and other originators.
• New alliances among CMBS underwriters, originators, servicers and B-piece investors.
• The latest rankings of key players in the real estate capital markets.
• Supply and demand shifts in the CMBS market.

What is The CMBS Database?

Subscribers to Commercial Mortgage Alert get FREE online access to The CMBS Database, which captures the pricing, key terms and participants for every CMBS issue in the world. The database, compiled by the editors of Commercial Mortgage Alert, is the only comprehensive listing of public and private CMBS issues and private CMBS issues -- lease-backed deals.

Relying on its database, Commercial Mortgage Alert regularly publishes rankings of key participants in the CMBS market: Underwriters, loan-contributors, issuers, trustees, law firms, and rating agencies. It also provides readers with an array of statistical summaries showing the very latest issuance trends. Each week, the newsletter's CMBS Market Monitor provides year-to-date issuance volume of CMBS and unsecured REIT debt.

About The CMBS Database

Who produces Commercial Mortgage Alert?

Commercial Mortgage Alert's coverage is led by editors who have been covering the CMBS market since the Resolution Trust Corp. jump-started it in the early-1990s. The newsletter is produced by Harrison Scott Publications, which also publishes Real Estate Alert (the weekly update on institutional buying opportunities), Hedge Fund Alert (the weekly update on the alternative-investment community) and Asset-Backed Alert (the weekly update on worldwide securitization).

Commercial Mortgage Alert's offices are located in Hoboken, N.J. -- just minutes from Manhattan by PATH train. Click here for directions.

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