A Northwest credit union announced plans this week to buy a community bank, lifting the 2024 total of such deals to 13 and putting the year on track to set a record. The all-time annual high of 16 was set in 2022.

Retail properties account for the largest portion, at 23.5%, according to KBRA. Lodging follows, with 22.1% of the pool.

Nearly two-thirds of consumers in a July survey said they expect mortgage rates to decline soon, but most want to see them cross a very specific threshold before they act, Mphasis Digital Risk found.

Thanh Roettele will help guide the Canadian bank's growth in the mortgage warehouse space in one of its latest moves aimed at the U.S. market.

The notes will repay investors sequentially, after a two-year revolving period. That's when proceeds from principal payoffs can be reinvested in the deal through newly originated loans added to the pool.

Issuance of new mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae has returned to levels last seen during the year monetary policymakers began raising rates.

A bipartisan group of ex-inspectors general is pushing Senate leaders to quickly confirm Christy Goldsmith Romero to chair the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. despite scheduling delays and the upcoming election.

The change in medical debt reporting initiated by the three credit bureaus did not go far enough as 15 million Americans are still impacted, the groups led by the National Consumer Law Center said.

KeyCorp wasn't seeking capital but saw the benefits of Scotiabank's minority stake. The deal would enable the Canadian lender to step into the U.S. consumer market.

There is no subordination for the class A notes, but managers opted for much more overcollateralization, which stands at 18.0% as a percentage of the initial pool balance.

A 1.50% residual value risk, down 1.50% from the prior transaction; and an Aaa loss of level 8.50%, an increase of 50 bps, puts expected losses at a Aaa is 10.0%, down 1.0% from the prior transaction.

Democrats Ritchie Torres and Gregory Meeks called on the New York Home Loan bank to follow the lead of its peers and use alternative credit scoring models for collateral to improve consumers' access to homeownership.