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CRE Finance Council Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) Glossary 

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Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB)

An investor defined within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act who must have a minimum net worth and/or income and be knowledgeable of the risks of the investment. Most CMBS can only be sold to QIBs.

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Qualified Mortgage

A mortgage that can appropriately be included in a CMBS. Includes any obligation principally secured by an interest in real property and which is either:

a) transferred to the REMIC on the startup day, or
b) purchased by the REMIC within the three-month period beginning as of the startup day, pursuant to a fixed price contract in effect on the startup day. 

Additional obligations qualifying as secured by real property for the purposes of being termed a qualified mortgage include:

a) obligations secured by stock held by tenants/stockholders in a cooperative housing corporation;
b) debt securities backed by mortgages on timeshare ownership interests in a condominium development; and 
c) REMIC regular interests (not residual interests) transferred to the REMIC on the startup day in exchange for any interest in the REMIC.
 

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QIB

See Qualified Institutional Buyer. 

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