Rep. Maxine Waters, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, led the letter, spurred by the recent merger announcement between Capital One and Discover, which the letter said would enable the merged company "to influence multiple points of the marketplace."

Initial overcollateralization is 11.3%, up from 8.50% of the initial collateral pool balance. Aside from that adjustment, target overcollateralization is 22.45%, compared to 13.00% on Westlake 2023-4 deal.

Loan volumes fell for the third straight week, with depressed demand for government lending driving activity downward, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The mortgages have an average balance of $70,312, and an average coupon, on a weighted average (WA) basis, of 10.06%. Also on a WA basis, the borrowers have an original credit score of 739.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said in a speech Tuesday that banks might need to establish margin to counteract counterparty risks presented by private funds.

A rate drop was a common concern for some servicers during the quarter, and Ocwen recently took a step aimed at better addressing this risk in the future.

The lender had previously revealed that personally identifying information from 16.6M customers had leaked, but hadn't offered these details.

The deal will repay investors sequentially and through a shifting interest payment structure, according to ratings analysts from Moody's Investors Service. On a weighted average (WA) basis, the rating agency notes, the mortgages have a FICO score of 773.

The lawmakers, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the deal would further anti-consumer bank consolidation, but also criticized the OCC's proposed changes to the merger process, asking that they be strengthened.

While mortgage volume should rise this year, the government-sponsored enterprise expects slightly less activity than it did back in January.

Two trusts, the Sunnova Sol VI 2024-1 Issuer and the Sunnova Helios XIII, 2024-A will issue the notes, both with Atlas SP at the helm.

A financial services veteran, Peter Akwaboah joins the government-sponsored enterprise after serving as a managing director for Morgan Stanley, where he led technology and innovation strategy.