A quarterly survey shows a major cross-section of portfolio managers it may be more than a year before global credit conditions return to normalcy from the economic havoc unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Up to 12% of loans under the $660 billion small-business rescue program could be tied to misleading or completely phony applications, fueling concerns about lenders' potential liability.
May 7
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VW Credit becomes the seventh lender to offer asset-backed bonds since the Federal Reserve announced TALF backing of prime auto ABS notes to support stimulus efforts for the COVID-19 ravaged market.
May 7
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Lenders that scrambled to grant forbearance as the coronavirus pandemic took hold are unsure about the extent of potential losses.
May 7
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Many originators stopped making riskier products, including jumbo loans and low credit score offerings, during April.
May 7
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The government-sponsored enterprises have set new temporary limits on mortgage sales while extending processing flexibilities related to COVID-19.
May 6
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Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are backing the first commercial mortgage-backed securities activity in two months, through two deals that exclude hotel or department store retail assets that are most exposed to pandemic-related stresses.
May 6
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The other parts of the Day 1 Certainty program regarding income and asset verifications remain in effect.
May 6
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Purchase mortgage activity rose for the third consecutive week, although the total volume was flat compared with the previous seven-day period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
May 6
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The agency is scrutinizing recent deals involving credit-card receivables from private specialty finance companies that issue general-purpose and private-label retail cards to a near-prime/non-prime customer base.
May 6
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Some benefits are materializing from Fannie Mae's pledge to limit servicers' exposure to principal-and-interest advances the way Freddie Mac does, but counterparties of both GSEs remain exposed to other concerns.
May 6
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The agencies issued a rule to better enable banks to participate in two of the Federal Reserve’s lending facilities and “support the flow of credit to households and businesses.”
May 5
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Ford Motor Credit has emerged with a new issuance of auto-loan backed securities, joining a select group of prime auto ABS issuers confident in drawing in investors despite a gloomy, pandemic-afflicted outlook for the automotive industry.
May 5
