S&P cuts iStar Financial

Standard & Poor's said it lowered the long-term counterparty credit rating on iStar Financial Inc. to CCC from B-, along with the senior unsecured debt rating to CCC- from CCC+.

The outlook is negative.

The company's limited funding flexibility and severe credit quality deterioration in its loan portfolio continue to put negative pressure on the rating, S&P said.

An analysis indicates that the firm should not become insolvent and has ample liquidity to operate through 2010, but management faces a significant challenge with $3 billion in debt coming due in 2011 and $3.5 billion due in 2012, the agency said.

In the longer term, the company's concentration in highly cyclical commercial real estate will limit the ratings, S&P added.

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