The city council of North Las Vegas, Nevada voted unanimously last night to terminate plans to use eminent domain to seize underwater mortgage loans from private label securitizations trusts.

Santander Consumer Bank priced Bilkreditt 4 a Norwegian auto loan securitization to strong investor demand, according to market source.

Guy Carpenter Taps Willis Re Vet Dorothée Mélis-Moutafis as a managing director in the property solutions group

Fannie Mae hosted an investor call Wednesday to present an overview of its approach to single-family credit risk management, a spokesman confirmed.

Colony American Homes announced today that it closed a $500 million credit facility with J.P. Morgan that will be used to acquire single-family homes across the U.S.

American Capital is marketing a $400 million collateralized loan obligation, according to Standard & Poor’s; Citigroup Global Markets it the arranger.

Deutsche Bank priced a re-REMIC of AAA-rated CMBS, today according to market sources.

An increase in E-cigarette use would further reduced cashflows to tobacco settlement securitization bonds and negativelyimpact their ratings, according to Fitch Ratings.

Prime credit card ABS performance registered positive gains across the board in August, but retail card ABS didn’t fare as well, according to the latest monthly index results from Fitch Ratings.

The issuance of U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) has totaled $56 billion so far this year, handily beating the $48 billion place in all 2012.

Sallie Mae is working on the first student loan securitization in nearly a month.