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Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities - CMBS

CMBS are backed by loans secured with commercial rather than residential property. The Commercial Mortgage Backed Security market provides liquidity and diversification to commercial real estate investors and ready access to capital for commercial lenders. This is important to understand because many lenders underwrite their loans to these guidelines. If their loans don't conform to the industry, then they can't be sold on the open market.

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