BofA is betting the Federal Reserve will make only one cut to the federal funds rate by the end of this year. MBA says originators are in for a $1.6 to $1.8 trillion year.
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michael Barr Monday spoke at length about efforts to enhance banks' liquidity and long-term debt positions after last year's bank failures while saying little about the capital hikes in the embattled interagency Basel III endgame proposal.
May 20 -
Western Benefits Group initiated contracts with student loan borrowers extracting monthly fees upfront, while claiming to negotiate debt consolidation through a supposed affiliation with the Department of Education, the CFPB said.
May 20 -
A recommendation to give Ginnie Mae expanded authorities is drawing focus in the reactions to a Financial Stability Oversight Council report on nonbank risks.
May 17 -
Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said Friday that the agency will be moving forward with rules and enforcement actions after the defeat of a Supreme Court challenge to the agency's constitutionality.
May 17 -
The 2024-5 series are secured by a pool of loans purchasing primary residences, with an original, cumulative LTV of 73.9%, and a debt-to-income ratio of 35.5%.
May 17
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Citing auto sales as a potential leading indicator, observers say the labor market's health might be overstated, while auto ABS assets start to underperform.
May 17 -
An independent third-party company will provide the primary servicing, and the industry and equipment diversification levels are strong in the pool.
May 16 -
The current transaction will sell the most in securitized bonds since the 2022-1 series came to market with $850 million in notes.
May 16 -
The Supreme Court issued an opinion Thursday morning that was unequivocal in its view that Congress is constitutionally empowered to fund agencies with open-ended and indirect funding mechanisms, overruling a 5th Circuit opinion from 2022 that found that executive branches must be subject to direct Congressional appropriations.
May 16 -
Rocket is contributing all 5,455 closed-end loans in the collateral pool, and it is an 'above average' originator. One of the deal's positive highlights is that 27.0% of the assets by unpaid principal balance, were subject to third-party due diligence review.
May 15 -
Compared to a year ago, investors bought a greater number of properties and made up a larger share of overall purchases, returning to the market faster than individual buyers, according to Redfin.
May 15 -
Pricing guidance suggests the A1+ and F1+ notes are expected to yield 5.5% over the three-month interpolated yield curve, pricing at par. Yields are expected to vary from 5.49% to 5.42% on the AAA notes over three-month, interpolated yield curve.
May 15