The persistently slow reduction in the number of borrowers at risk of default indicates that while loan performance overall is improving, a substantial pool of mortgages will need workouts when forbearance ends.

Managers expect to be holding portfolios of loans priced to potentially different benchmarks, which could present a major challenge in trading assets and re-calculating note coupons currently tied to the outgoing reference rate.

STWD 2021-FL2 is pricing a $1.27 billion managed commercial real estate commercial loan obligation that allows the issuer to reinvest principal proceeds.

Florida accounts for the largest percent of the initial principal balance on the underlying assets.

Wells Fargo has tightened up a few credit characteristics in its latest offering of $826 million in commercial mortgage-backed securities notes.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria said he wants to work with the consumer bureau on an “exit strategy” for borrowers approaching the end of their forbearance periods.

The pool of pass-through commercial mortgage-backed securities is mostly made up of single-family and multifamily residences.

The mortgage real estate investment trust has been a first-mover regarding innovations in the private securitized market, and others tend to follow its lead.

Crédito Real targets borrowers with little or no credit history as well as bad credit, who are undocumented or were recently discharged from federal bankruptcies.

Surging used-car prices — brought on by a combination of strong consumer demand and limited new-vehicle supply — are boosting loan yields and profits at the Detroit company.

The government sponsored enterprise’s latest forecast calls for a nearly $4 trillion year for 2021.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of April 9-16