RAIT Financial Trust expects to close a $219.4-million bond backed by commercial real estate loans on Oct. 29, according to a release from the publicly trade REIT.

Credit Suisse plans to issue $350 million in securities backed by a single commercial mortgage loan that is secured by the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea-Makena, Hawaii, according to Morningstar.

Crestline Investors, an alternative investment manager, has partnered with Denali Capital, a specialist in broadly syndicated commercial loans, to expand a collateralized loan obligation platform.

Wells Fargo and RBS priced $937 million of commercial mortgage bonds at levels tighter than the last deal to print earlier this month.

Moody’s Corp. has acquired Lewtan Technologies, a leading provider of analytical tools and data for the global structured finance market.

Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s downgraded Ocwen’s servicer quality rating last week following “backdating” allegations made by the New York Department of Financial Services.

GM Financial disclosed that some “state attorneys general and other governmental offices” have requested documents from the lender regarding its subprime origination and securitization practices.

Buy-to-rent mortgage specialist B2R behaves like a commercial lender when underwriting loans to small-to-medium landlords, an approach that differs from the residential lens the GSEs use for individuals looking to buy rental properties.

Regulators issued a proposal on Friday that would require banks to escrow premiums and fees for flood insurance on mortgages made or refinanced after Jan. 1, 2016.

Issuance of ABS, MBS and CMBS for the year to date through October 24, 2014

Asset-backed deals that priced in the two weeks ended October 24, 2014

Invitation Homes is marketing its third securitization of single-family rental properties of the year, Invitation Homes 2014-SFR3.