Some lenders in the subprime auto-loan space appear to be raising their underwriting standards, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The three straight week lull in CMBS issuance will be followed an active period that should boost issuance volumes closer to beginning of the year forecasts.

Standard & Poor’s has cut its forecast for the issuance of non-agency mortgage-backed securities this year by a steep 40%.

In some U.S. states, the lengthy and costly foreclosure timeline on loans in legacy, private-label mortgage bonds, has outweighed the benefits of home price gains.

Former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair took private investors to task last week, arguing that their failure to understand and manage mortgage-market risk helped bring about the financial crisis.

Sallie Mae is still interested in adding to its holdings of Federal Family Education Loan Program loans, even if it took a pass on a $3.6 billion portfolio that CIT sold to Nelnet this month.

The vacancy rate for properties backing Blackstone’s Invitation Homes single-family rental securitization declined to 6.5% in February, from 8% in January.

Kubota Credit Corp. priced its inaugural term securitization, a $300 million transaction backed by agricultural, construction and turf equipment loans.

Nelnet agreed to purchase a total of $3.6 billion of Federal Family Education Loan Program student loans and related assets from CIT Group.

Santander and Ally Financial priced a total of $2.1 billion of bonds backed by subprime auto loan receivables on Wednesday.

Mitsubishi Motors has priced its first prime auto loan securitization in over two years, according to sources familiar with the deal.