Fitch Downgrades 2 & Upgrades 2 Classes of JP Morgan 2001-CIBC1.CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings An international rating agency for financial institutions, insurance companies, and corporate, sovereign, and municipal debt. Fitch Ratings has headquarters in New York and London and is wholly owned by FIMALAC of Paris. has downgraded two classes of J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.'s commercial mortgage pass-through certificates Pass-Through Certificates (PTCs) are instruments that evidence the ownership of two or more Equipment Trust Certificates. In other words, Equipment Trust Certificates may be bundled into a pass-through structure as a means of diversifying the asset pool and/or increasing the size , series 2001-CIBC1: --$12.7 million class K to 'CCC/DR1' from 'B-'; --$4.7 million class L to 'C/DR6' from 'CC/DR4'. Fitch has upgraded the following two classes: --$25.4 million class E to 'AAA' from 'AA'; --$14.0 million class F to 'AA-' from 'A+'. Fitch has affirmed the following classes: --$595.8 million class A-3 at 'AAA'; --Interest-only class X-1 at 'AAA'; --Interest-only class X-2 at 'AAA'; --$43.1 million class B at 'AAA'; --$40.6 million class C at 'AAA'. --$12.7 million class D at 'AAA'; --$29.2 million class G at 'BBB'; --$10.1 million class H at 'BB+'; --$7.6 million class J at 'BB'. Classes M and NR have been reduced to zero balance due to realized losses, Fitch does not rate the NR class. Classes A-1 and A-2 have been paid in full. The downgrades to classes K and L are due to expected losses on the two (0.7%) specially serviced assets. The upgrades to classes E and F are due to 13% defeasance and 2% pay down since the last Fitch rating action. The largest specially serviced asset is a limited service hotel (0.4%) in LaPorte, Indiana, that became real estate owned Real Estate Owned Property owned by a lender - usually a bank - after an unsuccessful sale at a foreclosure auction. This is common because most of the properties up for sale at these auctions are worth less than the total amount owed to the bank: the minimum bid in most (REO reo Noun NZ a language [Maori] ) in September 2005. The asset is currently under contract for purchase with a projected closing by end of second quarter 2007. The other asset is a multifamily property (0.3%) in Memphis, Tennessee, that became REO in November 2005. The asset is listed for sale and first quarter 2007 occupancy was 66%. Additionally, the second largest non-defeased loan (2.8%) is a Fitch loan of concern. The loan is secured by a retail center in Wallkill, New York Wallkill is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New York:
See: Debt-service coverage ratio of 0.74 times (x) and occupancy of 87%. The performance decline is due to a slight drop in effective gross income accompanied by an increase in operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. . Fitch will continue to monitor the performance of the collateral. As of the May 2007 distribution date, the transaction has paid down 21.6% to $795.9 million from $1.01 billion at issuance. In total, 30 loans (36%) have defeased since issuance, including the top three loans (12.7%) in the pool. Fitch's Distressed Recovery (DR) ratings, introduced in April 2006 across all sectors of structured finance, are designed to estimate recoveries on a forward-looking basis while taking into account the time value of money. For more information on Distressed Recovery ratings, see the full report ('Structured Finance Distressed Recovery Ratings'), which is available on the Fitch Ratings web site at www.fitchratings.com. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of an intellectual property or service to govern how they may be legally used. In many cases, terms of service are used as a contractual agreement between a company and users of a service they provide. of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site. |
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