Delinquencies of loans in U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities soared 79% in 2010 to 8.79%, compared with 4.9% a year earlier, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The rise in December marked the seventh consecutive monthly increase, but Moody’s noted that rates rose at a slower pace in the second half of the year than in the first. Hotels had the highest delinquency rate at 16.37%, while industrial was lowest at 6.54%

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