More than 2,500 Fitch-rated structured finance transactions face significant challenges transitioning from Libor to an alternative floating-rate benchmark, but the ratings agency doesn’t foresee that resulting in potential ratings downgrades until 2022.
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As interest rates tumbled throughout July, prepayments climbed to the highest monthly rate since 2004, but 90-days-or-more delinquencies were on the rise from June, according to Black Knight.
August 21
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There were questions about the GSEs' use of structured credit risk transfers in the single-family market given an earlier pandemic-related market disruption.
August 21
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JPMorgan Chase, which has an $18.4B prime auto-loan portfolio, has not ventured into the securitization market with publicly rated auto-loan collateral since 2006, according to ratings agency reports.
August 20
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Positive payment behaviors in conjunction with CARES Act measures kept mortgage delinquencies from rising, but the number of borrowers facing hardship grew exponentially from last year, according to TransUnion.
August 20
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Lenders initially won't be able to pass on the cost of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's "adverse market fee" to borrowers whose rates on GSE-backed mortgages and refinances are already locked in.
August 20
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the proposal would increase access to credit, but consumer groups argue that it will encourage lenders to make high-cost loans while protecting them from legal liability.
August 18
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The 30 loans secured by 146 properties in DBJPM 2020-C9 have lower-than-average loan-to-value ratios than recent bond offerings backed by commercial-mortgage securitizations of multiple properties.
August 18
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Under the agreement, fintechs and their bank partners will have a safe legal harbor to offer loans, as long as their interest rates do not exceed 36% and they meet various other standards.
August 18
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American Express isn't acquiring any loans in its deal for the online small-business lender. Here's what it is getting.
August 18
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For the second consecutive month, the average extension rate in June for troubled loans due to pandemic-related stresses on borrowers shrank in both prime and subprime loan sectors.
August 18
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Brookfield Property Partners, in a JV with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, is securitizing a commercial mortgage for the newly constructed, 70-story tower near New York's revitalized Hudson Yards district.
August 17
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The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance decreased for the ninth consecutive week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
August 17
