Credit portfolio manager’s outlook on corporate borrower defaults and spreads on their loans, while still gloomy, has improved somewhat as the pandemic continues.
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The proposed regulation would codify a 2018 pronouncement by regulators that guidance does not carry the force of law.
October 29
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Brookfield will securitize part of a $255 million loan that was applied to its purchase of three high-end hotels in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and San Diego.
October 29
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The lease/purchase home operator is securitizing a loan with higher debt-service coverage that most prior MBS issues from its trust. It also is providing a geographically diverse mix of homes that make the deal less vulnerable to isolated outbreak hotspots.
October 29
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Automotive services chain operator Driven Brands is pursuing its next whole-business securitization, despite a recent sales decline among its franchise stores due to slowing economic conditions related to the pandemic.
October 28
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Mortgage application fraud risk dropped drastically from 2019 with the spike in refinances, but the fallout from the coronavirus means next year could come with more risk, according to CoreLogic.
October 28
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The subprime lender cited low odds that Washington will deliver further economic relief, and the fact that $1.5 billion of loans whose deferral period expired are now more than 30 days behind.
October 28
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The agency finalized a rule to determine which party in a loan sale is subject to regulatory requirements. Advocates charged that the move will help predatory lenders.
October 27
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Trepp research finds that high demand, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak, has rewarded MBS investors' faith in a sector with 'negligible' delinquency rates and healthier leverage levels among operators.
October 27
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A 2019 decision by Amy Coney Barrett, then a 7th Circuit judge, cited an earlier Supreme Court ruling suggesting a high bar for plaintiffs to claim harm. But other jurists have favored a less onerous standard.
October 27
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A booming housing market contrasts with a slow-to-improve job market, making for lopsided improvement in the number of troubled mortgages, according to numbers from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
October 26
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The company's CEO is confident that its investment portfolio is "well positioned", particularly with the mortgage servicing rights holdings of subsidiary NewRez.
October 26
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Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Oct. 16-22
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