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The value of renegotiation frictions: Evidence from commercial real estate

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  • Glancy, David
  • Kurtzman, Robert
  • Loewenstein, Lara

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Loan modifications can ease borrowers’ financial burdens and mitigate loan losses. However, the threat of future strategic renegotiation may cause lenders to tighten ex-ante credit provision. We evaluate this trade-off in a dynamic model of loan underwriting with frictional renegotiation and calibrate it using loan-level CRE data from banks and CMBS. We find that modification frictions can rationalize a number of empirical facts regarding how CRE loan underwriting and performance differ across lenders. Key to this result, high frictions to modifying CMBS loans reduce renegotiation, increase debt capacity, and cause high-leverage-demand borrowers to select into the CMBS market. Consequently, easing CMBS modification frictions reduces welfare by restricting the menu of LTVs available in the market.

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  • Glancy, David & Kurtzman, Robert & Loewenstein, Lara, 2025. "The value of renegotiation frictions: Evidence from commercial real estate," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfinin:v:62:y:2025:i:c:s1042957325000129
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2025.101144
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    Keywords

    Commercial real estate; Modifications; LTV;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • R33 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Nonagricultural and Nonresidential Real Estate Markets

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