Book Description
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)-securitizations of mortgage loans backed by commercial real estate-have become compelling devices for fixed income investing. This title, edited by renowned financial expert Frank Fabozzi, describes the structure, valuation, and performance of CMBS, illustrates an empirical framework for estimating CMBS defaults, instructs how to value prepayment and credit risks of CMBS, and more.
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The Handbook of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities is a cornerstone reference in this emerging sector of the structured finance market. This Second Edition provides updated coverage of the market, the instruments, the tools used to assess these securities, and tax accounting issues.
In addition to an overview of the commercial real estate finance and commercial property markets, this book also covers property-market framework for bond investors, the role of the servicer, an investor's perspective on commercial mortgage-backed coupon strips, defaults on commercial mortgages, assessing credit risk, an options approach to valuation and risk analysis, legal perspectives on disclosure issues, and federal income taxation.
Customer Reviews:
More of market commentary in nature than analytical.......2005-01-22
I am a newbie in the REIT field, I read this book with a view to understand the market better and to understand the basic concepts involved in this field. While I must say I did pick up some basic concepts I don't think I understand the market much better than before. The concepts I did pick up was not being explained in detail by the author but he was using those factors and parameters to explain why market behaved in a particular way during, say, the 1985-1990 period.
Now, this is certainly not the book for the beginner, certainly not the book for somebody who wants to analyze how profitable a REIT would be... the mathematical formulas used in the books might be useful for the ones setting up the REIT, but for others, it's certainly not worth the money.
Customer Reviews:
Still relevant.......2006-12-13
This book may be dated, but if you want an in depth review of the fundamentals of all types of mortgages, pass-through securities, CMOs, and MBS valuation techniques this book should be your first stop.
After reading this book, you will have the solid foundation that you need to read more advanced tomes and/or understand current developments in mortgage securitization.
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One of the investment world's fastest-growing segments is mortgage-backed securities. An important sector of this market is for nonagency securities. It includes nonagency pass through, nonagency collateralized mortgage obligations (whole loan CMOs), home loan equity-backed securities and manufacture-housing loan-backed securities. The Handbook of Nonagency Mortgage-Backed Securities gives in-depth analysis of this emerging sector, including: Structures; Credit analysis; Prepayment characteristics.
Customer Reviews:
Good book for daily use.......2007-01-05
This book had benefited me in my daily job. Our systems involving every area of MBS/ABS, and I could easily look up the area like Prepayment, Default/Loss, alt-A, HELOC, 125 LTV. Without this book, I could hardly understand the business logic behind the C++ code. Now with this book, I could finish my job at light speed.
NON-AGENCY MORTGAGE BOOK IS GREAT!.......1998-08-24
I REALLY ENJOYED READING THIS BOOK ON NON-AGENCY MORTGAGE CMOs.
IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE THE NON-AGENCY MARKET EXPAND AND PROSPER DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, ALLOWING BOTH DEALER FIRMS AND BUY-SIDE FIRMS TO BENEFIT FROM THE VARIETY OF COLLATERAL AND STRUCTURES CREATED. I REALLY ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT NON-AGENCY CMOs FROM LEGENDS SUCH AS FABOZZI, RAMSEY, RAMIREZ, AND MARZ.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS WALL STREET TOOL. I NOW KNOW ENOUGH TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT WALL STREET PRODUCER, IF EVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
IF THERE IS A NEXT EDITION, PLEASE CONSIDER MY SERVICES.
RICHARD T. MUDRINICH MUDRINICH@aol.com
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This fourth edition provides unparalleled coverage of every aspect of the mortgage-backed securities market. Authoritative and comprehensive, The Handbook thoroughly explains the fundamentals and investment characteristics of mortgage-backed securities as well as state-of-the-art investment strategies.
Customer Reviews:
Definitely lacking, but OK for traditional mortgage products.......2007-03-27
I have to say that Fabozzi has the formula down pat--he gets "guest writers" to contribute various chapters to this book and does very little writing himself. The result is a disjointed, sometimes repetitious, other times incomplete volume. This book focuses extensively on agency mortgages--Ginnies, Fannies, Freddies--and speaks only a bit to the Alt-A, subprime and more exotic privately-originated mortgage markets. To call this book comprehensive would be a lie. Although this book was highly recommended to me by a PM at a traditional long-only manager, I can only guess that previous versions were better, because this one was certainly a high-priced primer that still left many areas of the market uncovered. Areas that are glaringly missing (beyond non-agency topics) include the role of hedge funds, loss mitigation/foreclosure processes, more info on EPDs, and the erosion of lending standards/rise of the subprime market. I think that a chapter on common mortgage origination fraud issues is also merited.
This book is good for the basics, on agencies. Beyond that, it may leave you scratching your head and wondering, "And...." because there is a palpable sense of incompletion. Borrow this book from someone else that already has it--don't buy it!
Good book.......2007-01-26
If youre in the MBS business, you gotta have this as a reference book if nothing else. Its the industry standard. Item showed up brand new and good delivery.
Excellent but Compiled Work.......2003-02-15
I have seven years of experience selling these products, and I use Fabozzi's book often. This is a good reference, and a good treatment of mortgage and asset backed securities. I only gave it four stars because the fact that this is a compiled work of research material interrupts the flow of ideas. On the other hand, there is some merit to getting different angles on the subject from different viewpoints.
One caveat. Mortgage derivatives used to mean calls and puts on mortgage backed securities. Today, however, entire portfolios of mortgage risk are laid off in the form of credit derivatives.
Tavakoli has the best treatment of that topic in the book: "Credit Derivatives".
A major reference.......2000-08-02
A vast collection of articles by practitioners on Wall Street, this book covers a broad number of topics on Mortgage Backed Securities. While not a scholarly approach, 'street research' typically aims to educate the fixed income portfolio manager.
Fabozzi handbooks are overrated.......2000-06-28
It's the industry standard. Everyone has one. It stands alone in its field. And if you're reading this you're probably going to buy regardless of what is written here.
But I've found this book (along with some of the other Fabozzi 'Handbooks') to be overrated. Basically, the format of 30 or so different authors each writing a chapter in the form of an article diminishes the usefulness of the book. There is no narrative, pedagogical or otherwise. The format leads to significant gaps in coverage. The quality of the chapters is uneven, as is the level of detail covered.
Don't misunderstand me -- the Handbook isn't bad, by any strecth of the imagination. It's just not as good as it could be. It has almost no fluff, and all the information in it is good. And the competition is a very slim field. For many things Fabozzi is not only your best choice, it's your only one.
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Gathering fourteen lectures by the pioneers of securitization and by current practitioners -- from Freddie Mac, Paine Webber, JP Morgan, Chrysler, McKinsey & Co, and other major players -- A Primer on Securitization introduces readers to America's newest system of raising capital: what it is, how it operates, and what difference securitization makes.
The securitization process bypasses financial intermediaries that have historically collected deposits and loaned them to those seeking funds, and links borrowers directly to money and capital markets. Although little has been written about what is perhaps one of the most important innovations to emerge in financial markets since the 1930s, securitization has revolutionized the way that the borrowing needs of consumers and businesses are met. Today, for example, over two-thirds of all home loans are being securitized, along with substantial percentages of auto loans and credit card receivables, and the process continues to expand into new fields including synthetic securities.
Authoritative and practical, these lectures show how securitization was developed to fill a gap in financial markets. They discuss the nature and causes of the market imperfections that made securitization a valuable source of funds, and describe how securitization has linked local mortgage markets with international capital markets. Readers will gain a broad perspective of the different parties -- the borrower, the loan originator, the servicer, the rating agency, the special purpose vehicle, the credit enhancer, the underwriter, and the investor -- as well as a detailed analysis of how these parties relate to one another. From the inception of the secondary mortgage market through the collapse of the Granite funds, readers will learn not only about the success but also about the excesses and failures that typically accompany the development of any product in the real or financial sector.
Customer Reviews:
Great background but dated.......2005-08-31
Kendalll and Fishman's book provided a wonderful historical perspective on the rise of mortgage-backed securities, including the roles played by several of the GSEs (government-sponsored entities) and the Resolution Trust Corporation, which was responsible for cleaning up the balance sheets of failed S&Ls in the early 1980s. I would have liked to see more math, but other than that, the various lectures describe the demand for securitization, how it benefits the housing market, as well as how mortgage-backed securities were received by institutional investors.
As has been noted in other reviews, you have to ignore the publication date of July 31, 2000 because most of the lectures were collected from the mid-1990s! Also, it's difficult to understand the perspective of each article, because there is no detailed biography of the contributor.
Despite these caveats, the articles are very well written, and the historical perspective is quite valuable.
Insightful!.......2003-01-01
Editors Leon T. Kendall and Michael J. Fishman adapted these first-hand accounts of the early years of the securitization industry from a lecture series at the Kellogg School of Management. The contributions from financial service pioneers are the book's greatest strength. They elucidate the economic and regulatory forces that made securitization a powerful, versatile financial tool. Each chapter stands alone, but the book does not follow a linear narrative. Caveat lector: these lectures were given in 1994, so the sections on current trends and future expectations are out-of-date. Hence, this primer doesn't cover massive changes in financial regulation, an explosion in the types of asset-backed securities (ABSs), the popularity of derivatives or off-balance-sheet accounting to hide fraud. We from getAbstract suggest this book for those entering the financial services industry or for those who need background history. This does not tell you how today's capital markets work, but it is an illuminating eyewitness account of yesterday's.
Securitization:Most important financial innovation in 25 yrs.......1999-07-01
The Primer offers an introductory read for those wishing to understand the factors that have been driving the securitization process, how it reshaped the financial industry, and the issues it poses for monetary authorities and regulators. The book's uniqueness rests in that the story of the origins of securitization is told by its founders. Lew Ranieri, Larry Fink, Leland Brendsel, Dennis Cantwell, working at Saloman,First Boston, Freddie Mac and Chrysler Financial respectively, along with others, relate both the challenges they faced and the promise they sought in launching the concept. Every effort is made to identify the principles necessary to expand securitization to new products and fields domestically and internationally. Professor Leon Kendall, Kellogg GSM, Northwestern University, Editor.
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Real Estate-Backed Securities provides today's most concise yet comprehensive understanding of passive real estate investing. Issues discussed include agency passthrough securities and mortgage strips, agency collateralized mortgage obligations, nonagency residential MBS, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and more.
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Mortgage-backed securities are becoming an increasingly popular tool for constructing a solid portfolio in today's turbulent market. Frank Fabozzi leads more than a dozen experts in examining all the latest trends of this investment strategy, providing in-depth insight and explaining key areas of the commercial mortgage-backed securities landscape. Topics covered include measuring risks in the whole-loan commercial market, multi-family mortgage-backed securities, and B Pieces. Following on the heels of Advances in Mortgage-Backed Securities and The Handbook of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, Trends in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities further demonstrates editor Fabozzi's authority in the subject.
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The Handbook of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, 2nd Edition
Trends in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
The Handbook of Nonagency Mortgage-Backed Securities, 2nd Edition
A Primer on Securitization
