LifeComps Reports 10 Years of Data on Private Commercial Whole Loans BOSTON, June 24
BOSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Private commercial mortgages posted a
0.82% total return for first quarter 2008, according to actual cash flow and
performance data collected from life insurer participants in the LifeComps
Commercial Mortgage Index. The positive return followed a 3.11% gain in
fourth quarter 2007.
Of total return in the first quarter, 1.58% was income return and -0.76%
was price return. The negative price return resulted from credit issues which
overrode declines in treasury yields during the quarter.
For the first time, LifeComps is reporting 10 years of actual data on
private commercial whole loans. The property type yielding the highest total
return is Office at 6.70% for 2007 and 7.49% over the past 10 years. Historic
returns for all property types are as follows:
Commercial Mortgage Loan
Returns by Property Type as of 12/31/07
1 year3 year5 year10 years
Apartment - Cash Yield 6.46% 6.93% 7.26% 7.78%
- Total Return 6.51% 5.22% 5.32% 7.36%
Office - Cash Yield 7.11% 7.38% 7.56% 7.97%
- Total Return 6.70% 5.38% 5.39% 7.49%
Retail - Cash Yield 6.66% 6.87% 7.32% 7.94%
- Total Return 6.35% 4.92% 5.19% 6.96%
Industrial - Cash Yield 6.57% 6.73% 7.02% 7.72%
- Total Return 6.62% 5.06% 5.19% 7.28%
Total - Cash Yield 6.78% 7.05% 7.33% 7.88%
- Total Return 6.57% 5.20% 5.29% 7.34%
The LifeComps Commercial Mortgage Index is the only published benchmark
for the private commercial mortgage market based on actual cash flow data
which has been collected quarterly from participating life insurance companies
since 1996. Active loans in the LifeComps Index number over 6,700 with an
aggregate principal balance of approximately $84.6 billion and market value of
$85.0 billion. The weighted average duration is 4.55 years and average
loan-to-value is 55.9%.
Since its inception, the LifeComps database has tracked individual cash
flows on more than 11,500 loans with principal balances totaling in excess of
$155 billion. More than 4,600 loans totaling $61 billion have been tracked
from origination to disposition.
The LifeComps Index is published quarterly, 60 days after the end of each
quarter in compliance with antitrust guidelines determined by counsel.
LifeComps participants receive detailed quarterly reports that provide
commercial mortgage performance statistics including total return, cash yield,
default, and basis point loss for their portfolio versus the LifeComps total
portfolio as well as attribution analysis showing performance contribution by
property type, region, loan size and origination year. For more information,
go to the LifeComps' website at http://www.lifecomps.com.
SOURCE LifeComps
