Moody’s Investors Service said today that the current trend of weakening auto lending standards will continue into 2014 but credit quality will remain stable for auto loan securitizations.

Citigroup priced its $867 million CMBS conduit that is backed by 65 fixed-rate commercial mortgage loans on Friday.

Colony American Homes said it plans to issue an REO-to-Rental securitization early in 2014.

Here's a puzzle of modern finance: during a period when borrowing costs are at rock-bottom levels and tens of millions of borrowers have refinanced their mortgages, it remains impossible for many gainfully employed Americans to refinance their student loan debt.

Hilton Worldwide priced the $2.625 billion fixed-rate component with a term of five-years from its CMBS deal today, according to a person familiar with the deal.

HLSS Holdings is coming out with a $300 million securitization of servicer advances, according to a presale report by Standard & Poor's.

Barclays expects issuance of collateralized loan obligations in 2014 to be similar to this year’s total, in the range of $75 billion to $80 billion.

Ford and Ally Financial priced deals this week that bring the pace of primary Auto ABS issuance to $60 billion year to date compared to $67 billion issued in 2012, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Diamond Resorts International has closed on a $225 million offering of bonds backed by vacation timeshare loans.

Credit Suisse squeezed in a $290 million residential mortgage-backed securities transaction before the market breaks for the Thanksgiving holiday.

STORE Capital Corp. is preparing a $190 million commercial net lease mortgage-backed securitization, according to a Standard & Poor’s presale report.

The deal called Auto ABS German Loans Master is the fifth German auto loan securitization transaction originated by Banque PSA, a subsidiary of Peugeot.