James Cotins and Matthew Lyons will work with lead partners Lee Askenazi and Robert Villani at the New York-based firm, joining from Alston & Bird.

Cerberus affiliate FirstKey Mortgage will pool outstanding first- and second-lien loans totaling $277.7 million drawn from 1,732 seasoned and performing HELOCs.

Ford Motor Credit is among the first ABS issuers to backstop the impending demise of U.S.-dollar Libor with a Fed-endorsed SOFR term rate, since a Fed working committee finalized voluntary guidance on a benchmark replacement.

The notes are backed by receivables from private-label, dual-card originations by Synchrony via retail partners.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has appeared willing to take its own steps to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but legislation would be necessary to create an explicit guarantee of the mortgage system.

Foursight's first deal of 2019 has a rising 36.6% share of subprime borrowers from its lower-tier loan programs.

OBX 2019-INV2 is a private-label RMBS pool of 1,087 of agency-eligible investor-property loans.

Fitch says credit quality in the California-based bank's auto-loan originations have deteriorated slightly with more exposure to near-prime borrowers.

Director Mark Calabria urged lawmakers to grant the agency chartering authority similar to that of bank regulators to boost competition in the mortgage market.

The New York developer is apportioning part of a recent $595M loan via a Credit Suisse conduit to finance a full repurchase of its Manhattan HQ.

The agency announced the series in April as an effort to encourage public dialogue on policy issues.

Prepayment speeds for loans included in agency mortgage-backed securities were up approximately 20% both monthly and annually during May as the decline in interest rates boosted activity, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.