The delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities ended 2019 at its lowest point in nearly 11 years, aided by increased issuance and the resolution of legacy transactions, Fitch Ratings said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to ask the legislature to revamp the current Department of Business Oversight and rename it the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, modeled after the federal CFPB.

Todd Zywicki, a law professor who has sharply criticized the CFPB as an unaccountable bureaucracy, has been named chair of an agency task force identifying potential conflicts and inconsistencies in consumer finance law.

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization 2020-A will have a collateral pool with more than a quarter of underlying leases exceeding 43 months – compared to just 19.4% in its previous lease ABS transaction that priced last August.

A New York-based real estate investment firm is financing its acquisition of a portfolio of nationally branded hotels in the commercial mortgage securitization market, via Goldman Sachs.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria discussed the possibility of having Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac operate under a consent order to allow the government-sponsored enterprises to be able to raise capital.

Getting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of conservatorship has been an elusive goal. It will remain elusive, says DeMarco, in the absence of broader reform of housing finance, something that will require bipartisan support.

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2020-A Trust is a $482.3 million bond offering, backed by a pool of approximately $500 million in loans taken out by post-graduate professionals from high-income fields.

Sonic, a nationwide chain of drive-in restaurants noted for its signature bellhop attendants, is marketing a fifth issuance of notes backed by franchise-fee revenues through its whole-business securitization master trust.

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.