Big players remain largely absent from the re-emerging private-label residential mortgage-backed securities market.

A common securitization platform is under "full scale development" and should be ready for "significant testing" by next year, spokesmen for the government-sponsored housing enterprises said.

Lawrence Ceriello has joined Morrison & Foerster’s real estate finance group in New York as a partner.

CarMax is planning an $800 million securitization of used auto loans, according to a presale report issued today by Fitch Ratings.

The percentage of loans paying off on their balloon date registered 64.6% -- eight points above the March reading of 56.6%, according to the Trepp April payoff report,

Having recently been approved to underwrite mortgage-backed securities, W.J. Bradley Financial Services is planning to do just that, according to President Kent Usell.

Fitch Ratings today announced that Andrew Smitiuch will head its Canadian Business.

A number of community banks are discovering that bulking up on student loans is easier said than done.

Flagstar Bancorp (FBC) in Troy, Mich., will pay $110 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented the quality of more than $1 billion of private label mortgage-backed securities it sold to investors.

Palmer Square Capital Management, an investment management firm that provides portfolios of structured credit, collateralized loan obligations and hedge fund strategies, has added Jeffrey Fox as executive director.

Controvery over the Mexican equipment lease sector

The revival of Europe’s collateralized loan obligation market doesn’t extend to middle market loans, according to Fitch Ratings.