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.

Textainer is shopping $200 million of securities backed by container leases, according to a presale report published by Standard & Poor’s

Rising interest rates could reduce an important form of credit enhancement for U.S. collateralized loan obligations, potential putting them at risk for downgrades in their credit ratings, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

JP Morgan plans to sell $415 million of commercial mortgage backed securities backed by a two-year, floating-rate commercial mortgage loan that is secured by Courtyard by Marriott hotels.

World Omni and Fifth Third priced nearly $2 billion of securities backed by auto loans on Wednesday.

Wider pricing spreads on Deutsche Bank and Cantor Fitzgerald’s COMM 2014-CCRE20 show that CMBS continues to feel pressure from boarder market spread volatility.

Wyndham Worldwide plans to sell $325 million in securities that are backed by a pool of fixed rate timeshare loans.

Chautauqua County in New York State plans to issue $33.4 million in tobacco bonds to refinance the series 2000 outstanding tobacco bonds.