Consumer perception of the housing market ticked up slightly in December, as potential buyers remain bullish about making a home purchase in 2020, a Fannie Mae report said.

The five largest loans in the pool are each $60 million participations in larger whole loans, including a portion of a $1.6 billion loan recently underwritten for the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed an overhaul of an Obama-era rule meant to guide local jurisdictions in how they comply with the Fair Housing Act.

The older loans have boosted the $260M CPS 2020-A pool seasoning to nine months, compared to CPS’ standard vintage of loans under one month that usually collateralize CPS ABS platform issues.

GMF’s $1.269.9 billion asset-backed transaction will be secured by a pool of loans that has a slightly lower weighted average FICO, higher collective LTV and longer average terms compared to prior deals issued via GMF’s securitization platform.

New securitizations backed by Home Equity Conversion Mortgages fell 14% in 2019 as interest in originating proprietary products increased, according to New View Advisors’ analysis of public and private data.

Bridge REIT LLC is sponsoring a securitization backed mostly by transitional and rehab multifamily properties via Wells Fargo.

The Federal Housing Administration has implemented defect taxonomy revisions for 2020 that it considers one of several milestone achievements in its efforts to "provide greater clarity and consistency for lenders.”

The BSL CLO will have two-year noncall and five-year reinvestment periods, and brings Seix' total CLO AUM to $3.8 billion.

Redwood Trust’s next mortgage-backed securitization consists almost entirely of older mortgages it originally sold off, but has since reacquired to assign to its first deal of the new year.

The case before the court deals mainly with a statutory clause limiting the president’s ability to fire a CFPB director. But briefs filed with the court say striking that provision does not fully solve the bureau’s constitutional problems.

Rising leverage levels and prevalence of cov-lite loans raise concerns despite ongoing macroeconomic growth signs.