Title: Presentation byTad Philipp
1Virginia Commonwealth UniversityReal Estate
Trends 2003
- Presentation by Tad Philipp
- Managing Director
- Moody's Investors Service
- October 21, 2003
2Role of Rating Agencies in the Capital Markets
- Opinions of credit risk
- Comparison across sectors
- Pricing efficiency
- Use in regulation
3Moody's Ratings Symbols
Rating 10 yr Default Rate
Investment Grade
Below Investment Grade
4A Few Examples of Ratings
- Commonwealth of Virginia Aaa (review for
downgrade) - City of Richmond Aa3
- Virginia Commonwealth University A1
- Philip Morris/Altria Baa2
- Capital One Financial Baa3
- Gap Inc. Ba3
- Delta Airlines Inc. B3
5Scale of CMBS
- US Commercial Mortgage Market 1,500 billion
- Commercial MBS 500 billion
6CMBS in Virginia
- Volume MM of loans
- Virginia 8,893 1,157
- 6 in US 9 in US
- Richmond 1,007 168
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- Norfolk 1,562 277
7Virginia Delinquency Report Card
- DQ Rate DQ Index DQ
Rate DQ Index - Virginia 1.9 131 1.0 61
- Richmond 1.3 89 1.2 70
- Norfolk 0.8 58 0.7 42
- 2 hotels delinquent
8Composition of Universe By Loan Size
9Delinquency Index By Property Type
10Delinquency Index By Size of MSA
11Delinquency Index by Vintage
12Share of Loans Per Loan Size With LTV Below 65
Share of each Loan Size
13Delinquency Index By Loan Size
14Credit Drift Current Status of Loans 90 Days
Past Due One Year Ago
By Count
15What is Red-Yellow-GreenTM ?
- Each market is scored on a scale of 0 (weak) to
100 (strong). - Scores of 0-33 are red, 33-66 are yellow, and
67-100 are green. - Score is prospective for a 1-2 year horizon
updated quarterly - Based on variables appropriate to each property
type, including - 1 years forward supply pipeline
- Demand growth expected for the next year
- Vacancy
- Change in vacancy
- Population and income (retail)
16Sample Diagnostic
17Red-Yellow-GreenTM Report Card
- Overview
- Important role in monitoring and rating
- Not all Reds bad, not all Greens good
- Few false positives (No good Red markets)
- Lag between market performance and delinquency
- Through the cycle Red to Yellow to Green to
Yellow to Red - Continue to refine, back-test, add markets and
asset classes
18Performance by Sector
- Office and Industrial - corporate demand driven
sectors - No Reds improved, few Greens had major declines
- Multifamily and Retail consumer demand driven
sectors - Few Reds to back-test, Green outperformed Yellow
- Hotel Few Greens to back-test
19Red-Yellow-GreenTM Report Card
Average Change in Office Vacancy
Vacancy Rate Vacancy Rate
Change 1Q01 1Q03 Red Markets 8.7 19.3
10.6 Yellow Markets 11.4 17.6
6.2 Green Markets 9.6 15.0 5.4 All
Markets 10.7 17.2 6.5
20Change in Vacancy in Office Markets Over Two-Year
Horizon
21Change in Vacancy in Industrial Markets Over
Two-Year Horizon
22Change in Vacancy in Multifamily Markets Over
Two-Year Horizon
23RYG Composite Score
24RYG Drift
25Summary of Key Stats - Multifamily
- Richmond US
- Construction Inventory 2.3 1.6
- Absorption Inventory 1.1 0.6
- Demand/Supply Balance -1.2 -1.0
- Vacancy 2Q02 5.7 5.1
- Vacancy 2Q03 6.0 6.0
- Change in Vacancy 0.3 0.9
26Richmond Multifamily Market Diagnostic
27Summary of Key Stats - Retail
- Richmond US
- Construction Inventory 0.5 1.9
- Absorption Inventory 0.9 0.4
- Demand/Supply Balance 0.4 -1.5
- SF/Capita Year Earlier 10.8 10.1
- SF/Capita Current 10.7 10.1
- Change in Vacancy -1.22 0.08
28Richmond Retail Market Diagnostic
29Summary of Key Stats - Industrial
- Richmond US
- Construction Inventory 1.5 0.6
- Absorption Inventory -3.6 -0.1
- Demand/Supply Balance -5.1 -0.7
- Vacancy 1Q02 13.5 10.5
- Vacancy 1Q03 13.5 11.3
- Change in Vacancy 0.0 0.8
30Richmond Industrial Market Diagnostic
31Summary of Key Stats - Office
- Richmond US
- Construction Inventory 0.8 1.0
- Absorption Inventory 2.5 0.4
- Demand/Supply Balance 1.7 -0.6
- Vacancy 1Q02 12.0 15.4
- Vacancy 1Q03 10.6 16.9
- Change in Vacancy -1.4 1.5
32Richmond Office Market Diagnostic
33Role of Cap Rate in CMBS Credit
- DSCR and LTV primary constraints on proceeds
- DSCR more objective - driven by NCF and interest
rate - LTV less objective - driven by NCF and cap rate
- Low cap rates negate effectiveness of V in LTV
- DSCR drives term risk and LTV drives balloon risk
- Not all 75 LTV loans equal, the case for
consistent cap rates - Rising number of offenders
34Cap Rate Drivers
- Borrowers cost of equity
- Borrowers cost of debt/positive leverage
- Demand for property vs. alternative investments
- Outlook for growth/upside
- Perception of risk
35The Cap Rate/ Fundamentals Disconnect
- Expenses for taxes and insurance on the rise
- Income side soft due to lag effect
- Impact varies by asset class
- Apartment outlook solid but cap rates falling
- Office fundamentals weak but cap rates sticky
- The high price of quality
36Cap Rates by Property Type
Source ACLI
37Commercial Mortgage Rates
Source John B. Levy / Commercial Mortgage Survey
38Office SectorDisconnect between Vacancy Rate and
Cap Rate
Source ACLI and Torto Wheaton
39Where Do Cap Rates Go From Here?
- Too high in early 90s
- Big CRE downturn, weak sales market, poor
liquidity, higher interest rates - Too low now
- Moderate CRE downturn, strong sales market, good
liquidity, lower interest rates - Moodys call
- Cap rates to rise, but not back to levels of
early 90s - Cyclical issues (rates, investment alternatives)
outweigh secular issues (liquidity, perception of
risk) - Long term alignment of cap rates and fundamentals
with occasional disconnects