As the risk of a recession rises, commercial real estate loans remain a major concern for banks and industry participants. One observer asked: "Is '25 the year where sellers start to capitulate, call a loser a loser, and move on?"
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The impact of tariff policy on the mortgage-backed securities market is likely to surface first in the cost of new housing construction.
April 3
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Mortgage rates remain in the 6.6% range, with the tariff news so far having little impact, but could change given the 35 basis point drop in the 10-year yield.
April 3
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The underlying prime mortgages have an average balance of $358,024, a weighted average (WA) original FICO score of 776, an original cumulative loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 73.6%.
April 3
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Series 2025-SFR2 and 2025-SFR3 are due to close by the end of April and count single-family homes as their primary collateral.
April 2 -
Offices, apartment buildings and retail locations in Los Angeles face a tangle of difficulties as the smoke clears from January's wildfires. High on the list is inadequate insurance, a common problem in California.
April 2
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The notes will be issued through series 2025-3 and 2025-4, and aside from slightly different maturity dates, they have similar initial overcollateralization and reserves.
April 1
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House Republicans, led by House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., outlined their priorities for the Trump administration's banking agenda in a series of letters to key regulators.
April 1
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The Trump administration is leapfrogging the normal process by taking its fight over a district court injunction blocking efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to a federal appeals court, according to the CFPB workers' union.
April 1
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The deal is composed of 11,547 seasoned performing and reperforming loans that are first and second lien. Loan servicing includes a 180-day chargeoff feature.
April 1
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The global asset manager wanted access to the smaller company's residential mortgage credit strategies, which will become available to a larger investor base.
April 1
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The Trump administration continues to battle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's union by seeking a stay of a preliminary injunction that reinstated the CFPB's workforce and contracts and preserved its data.
March 31
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First aggressive LMEs in Europe rankle lenders, who have pursued court rulings on their permissibility.
March 31
