Financial report context:
american tower corporation and subsidiaries notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 ( continued ) 6 . long-term obligations outstanding amounts under the company 2019s long-term financing arrangements consist of the following as of december 31 , ( in thousands ) : .

Financial table:
2008: commercial mortgage pass-through certificates series 2007-1; 2007: $ 1750000; column_3: $ 1750000
2008: revolving credit facility; 2007: 750000; column_3: 825000
2008: term loan; 2007: 325000; column_3: 2014
2008: 7.25% ( 7.25 % ) senior subordinated notes; 2007: 288; column_3: 288
2008: 7.50% ( 7.50 % ) senior notes; 2007: 225000; column_3: 225000
2008: 7.125% ( 7.125 % ) senior notes; 2007: 501107; column_3: 502202
2008: 7.00% ( 7.00 % ) senior notes; 2007: 500000; column_3: 500000
2008: 5.0% ( 5.0 % ) convertible notes; 2007: 59683; column_3: 59683
2008: 3.25% ( 3.25 % ) convertible notes; 2007: 2014; column_3: 18333
2008: 3.00% ( 3.00 % ) convertible notes; 2007: 161893; column_3: 344568
2008: other convertible notes; 2007: 41; column_3: 41
2008: notes payable and capital leases; 2007: 60134; column_3: 60169
2008: total; 2007: 4333146; column_3: 4285284
2008: less current portion of long-term obligations; 2007: -1837 ( 1837 ); column_3: -1817 ( 1817 )
2008: long-term obligations; 2007: $ 4331309; column_3: $ 4283467

Additional report context:
commercial mortgage pass-through certificates , series 2007-1 2014during the year ended december 31 , 2007 , the company completed a securitization transaction ( the securitization ) involving assets related to 5295 broadcast and wireless communications towers ( the secured towers ) owned by two special purpose subsidiaries of the company , through a private offering of $ 1.75 billion of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates , series 2007-1 ( the certificates ) . the certificates were issued by american tower trust i ( the trust ) , a trust established by american tower depositor sub , llc ( the depositor ) , an indirect wholly owned special purpose subsidiary of the company . the assets of the trust consist of a recourse loan ( the loan ) initially made by the depositor to american tower asset sub , llc and american tower asset sub ii , llc ( the borrowers ) , pursuant to a loan and security agreement among the foregoing parties dated as of may 4 , 2007 ( the loan agreement ) . the borrowers are special purpose entities formed solely for the purpose of holding the secured towers subject to the securitization . the certificates were issued in seven separate classes , comprised of class a-fx , class a-fl , class b , class c , class d , class e and class f . each of the certificates in classes b , c , d , e and f are subordinated in right of payment to any other class of certificates which has an earlier alphabetical designation . the certificates were issued with terms identical to the loan except for the class a-fl certificates , which bear interest at a floating rate while the related component of the loan bears interest at a fixed rate , as described below . the various classes of certificates were issued with a weighted average interest rate of approximately 5.61% ( 5.61 % ) . the certificates have an expected life of approximately seven years with a final repayment date in april 2037 . the company used the net proceeds from the securitization to repay all amounts outstanding under the spectrasite credit facilities , including approximately $ 765.0 million in principal , plus accrued interest thereon and other costs and expenses related thereto , as well as to repay approximately $ 250.0 million drawn under the revolving loan component of the credit facilities at the american tower operating company level . an additional $ 349.5 million of the proceeds was used to fund the company 2019s tender offer and consent solicitation for the ati .

Question: what was the change in thousands in long-term obligations from 2007 to 2008?
Answer: 47642