Real estate: A sting in the tail

Let Hoteloc be a warning on the risks in short tail period.

Ronan Fox, S&P

“Having a two-year tail crystallizes risk at a single point in time [year 7 to 9]. This runs the risk that triple-A bonds could be downgraded to D if the assets cannot be sold within this timeframe”
Ronan Fox, S&P

There is nothing like a solid bout of negative headlines in a related asset class to concentrate the mind. While the great and the good have been opining on the state of the residential mortgage market – both in Europe and the US – the commercial real estate market seems to have dodged much of the scrutiny.

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