The impact on things like servicing rights would raise costs even for lenders that aren't banks, according to Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit. Others disagree.

Despite an industrywide rough patch, EverBank still sees promise in the niche business line. The Jacksonville, Florida, company has hired a pair of prominent industry experts to lead a new division tasked with serving investment funds.

Change can continue to originate loans through at least early December, after the U.S. Treasury Department agreed to extend a deadline to oppose the order.

Companies with public ratings from a national recognized rating agency make up 66.9% of the obligors in the pool, and those with an investment-grade rating represent 34.9% of the pool.

The FBI, NSA and CISA highlighted the emerging dangers of AI-powered deepfakes in phishing campaigns and cataloged protections companies can deploy.

The notes benefit from a step-up event concerning class D. If an optional redemption does not occur in the expected redemption date, then the interest rate on the class D notes will increase by 3.0%.

The mortgages are part of a program that received congressional scrutiny earlier this year.

A joint letter from the banking and financial trade groups is the latest effort by the industry and its representatives in Washington to push back against the Basel III capital proposals, which would raise capital significantly for the largest banks.

Notes will repay principal to investors sequentially. All junior notes will be shut out from receiving any principal payments until the immediate senior notes are paid.

The pool has a 25% concentration limit for electric vehicles, up from 15% from Series 2023-5. This increases risks to the transaction, because residual values on those types of cars are still unknown.

The avoidance of one of the harsher economic scenarios is good news for banks, which are also contending with tighter profit margins and increasing competition for customers. But loan growth and credit quality could be at risk.

Virtually all of the attributes in VZMT 2023-5 and 2023-6 are identical, such as the statistical cutoff date (August 7), aggregate principal balance ($23 billion) and weighted average (WA) remaining installments, 26 months.