The Federal Open Market Committee's April meeting — likely Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's last — is unanimously expected to keep interest rates steady, but questions about energy, inflation and the upcoming transition in leadership still loom.

Bank statement underwriting, often applied in situations where the borrower is self-employed, accounted for the plurality of documentation types in the pool, at 44.9%.

Alongside a bill that gives homeowners a year of forbearance after state-declared emergencies, lawmakers will consider extending wildfire-related moratoriums.

The deal saw notable changes from SCLP 2021-1, especially an increase in target and initial overcollateralization.

Fintech firm IntraFi's most recent quarterly survey of bank executives showed rising pessimism among bankers related to "instability in Washington," as well as growing concerns about technology-enabled fraud.

Tower Point Capital, the deal's manager, is considered to have one of the largest privately held wireless infrastructure portfolios in the U.S.

Delinquencies also showed signs of overall improvement in March, despite an increase in foreclosure numbers, ICE Mortgage Technology said.

A proposed update to Basel III capital rules from federal banking regulators does not specifically include mortgage insurance as a factor in determining the risk weight for a mortgage loan held on a bank's balance sheet. Industry experts say it should.

Non-qualified loans are the majority of loans in the pool, 59.2%, while loans exempt from the Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgage rule, represent 35.9%.

The 30-year fixed is still over 20 basis points higher than its February bottom, but fell 7 basis points this past week on Iran peace hopes, Freddie Mac said.

February's securitization from Vertical Bridge was the sector's largest-ever deal and included the sector's first single-B rated tranche.

A decline in Middle East travel and higher fuel prices should not put a major dent in the company's performance, execs said Thursday.