Analysis of delinquencies in CRE debt : an approach to understanding risk and pricing

Commercial Real Estate (CRE) debt has been the most staple form of capital for the real estate industry in the US for decades. However, a lot has changed in the CRE debt landscape since the Global Financial Crisis. With growing regulatory constraints for traditional lenders, and massive amounts of global capital chasing private market investments, private debt funds are emerging as a reliable alternate source of debt for the industry. With the current market cycle showing signs of an end-cycle environment, private debt funds/strategies have become even more popular with investors for their potential to enhance returns on a risk-adjusted basis. The intent of most such funds is to achieve "equity-like" returns at "lower risk". Returns are for everyone to see - Risk is what is difficult to capture. The main objective of this study is to unravel the risk characteristics of CRE debt, and to empirically quantify the risk involved in CRE lending.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Kaza, Ramakrishna Kalicharan.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Alex van de Minne.

• Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124038

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/124038