Learn how defeasance nullifies debt on balance sheets, avoiding prepayment penalties in real estate, with examples of ...

New legislation permitting conventional mortgage borrowers to use defeasance as a payoff option instead making a due-on-sale payoff must recognize and address several tax issues. Taxes are complicated ...

In a recent Wall Street Journal Article, Alex Pollock and I proposed using financial defeasance to unlock the mortgage market. Existing home sales volume has been severely depressed since September ...

A defeasance clause in real estate is a provision in loan agreements that defines how a borrower can satisfy the lender's requirements in order to release their lien on the property. This clause can ...

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are fixed-income investments backed by mortgages on commercial properties rather ...

Yield maintenance and defeasance are two common methods used to compensate lenders for the loss of interest income on commercial loans. Both terms refer to prepayment penalties designed to preserve ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterstone Defeasance recently closed a defeasance transaction for a $5.0 million CMBS loan, secured by a multifamily property in Washington, DC.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Waterstone Defeasance recently closed a defeasance transaction for a $17 million CMBS loan, secured by a suburban office property located in Mountain ...