A substantial majority of obligors have investment-grade credit qualities and that, payments from the U.S. government account for the largest concentration, 26.75%.

Credit to the notes is bolstered by a cash reserve account, funded at closing, that equals 1.00% of the initial discounted contract balance, as well as annual excess spread amounting to 1.76%

Lending activity among builders surged over 22% annually in December, but the growing share of FHA-backed borrowing in the segment took a step back for the first time in four months, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Despite a surge in quarterly expenses in the fourth quarter and a projected uptick in the first quarter, the North Carolina company is standing by its expense guidance for 2024.

The cumulative net loss expectation is unchanged from CPSART 2023-D, even after considering the performance record of certain outstanding CPS program note series, like 2022 and 2023 in particular.

A group of Democratic lawmakers have written to federal regulators asking them to reconsider potential chilling effects on clean energy financing in the Basel III endgame proposal.

As part of a settlement with the Justice Department, Patriot Bank must invest more than $1 million of the total in a loan subsidy fund for minority homeowners and take other corrective steps in its everyday business. The bank denied any wrongdoing.

The former Obama administration official and MBA head died unexpectedly on Jan. 16.

Almost half of the loans, 49.6% did not have an associated FICO score, and the pool had a non-zero weighted average (WA) FICO score of 704.

While the deal has a lot of positive characteristics, Moody's noted that the managed portfolio and 2022 and 2023 origination vintages are showing some deteriorating performance.

Two weeks after Ted Pick rose to CEO, the company slightly revised its long-term targets for efficiency, return on tangible common equity and other metrics. Yet, Pick says, "there's not a change in strategy" after the departure of his predecessor, James Gorman.

Interest rate-related developments have reportedly created an environment where more mortgage firms are interested in selling and investors are eager to buy.