The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Board's Vice Chair Travis Hill urged his fellow regulators Thursday to delay implementing new banking regulations until interest rates stabilize, saying rushed rules amid precarious economic conditions could impact consumer lending.

Revenue from agricultural and construction equipment will secure the notes, which get a boost from a spread account and overcollateralization.

Credit enhancement to the class A notes includes a non-declining overcollateralization of 4.75% of the initial adjusted pool balance, and a non-declining reserve fund of 0.25% of the initial adjusted pool balance.

Fewer of these mortgages are paying off, adding to the amount of credit on investors' books, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said today's high mortgage rates are dissuading some would-be sellers from putting their homes on the market, further limiting lending opportunities in an environment already constrained by low inventory

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, continued to say that the Basel III rulemaking might have violated the Administrative Procedures Act

The OCCU 2023-1 transaction will come to market as a 144a transaction, with higher levels of credit enhancement from yield supplement overcollateralization, initial hard credit enhancement and excess spread.

Subordination increased for the class A and class C notes, to 7.04% and 2.10%, respectively, from 7.00% and 1.50%. Meanwhile subordination decreased on the class B notes to 3.80%, from 4.25%.

The Swedish furniture giant debuts a modest U.S. buy now/pay later loan program via Afterpay, with interest-free terms that are unlikely to anger regulators.

The real estate investment trust arm of two affiliate mortgage-related companies could reduce other debt and finance purchases of loans, servicing or securities.

Backed by revenue from point-of-sale unsecured consumer loans, the upsized deal also features expandable notes.

High mortgage rates and the lack of inventory for sale pushed the sector into a downturn twice recently - between May and November last year and in May of 2023 - according to First American