HomeStreet Bank will attempt to sell its stand-alone mortgage business and portfolio of servicing rights, a move that comes amid growing pressure from an activist investor to exit home lending and concerns about declining demand and regulatory challenges.
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While S&P expects higher net losses to over a five-year span, Kroll believes stricter reinvestment criteria for the extended revolving period can reduce them.
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Mark Calabria, who could be confirmed as early as this month, is expected to focus on changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservatorships to let the mortgage giants keep more of their profits.
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The online lender is taking advantage of the cheaper funding this could provide to refinance a $610 million facility that does not expire for another year.
March 8 -
Ginnie Mae could limit how much servicing income mortgage lenders can sell off through a transaction if they don't establish a minimum 25-basis-point spread at the portfolio level by next year.
March 8 -
The upstart lenders have been chipping away at credit cards’ consumer-lending dominance by offering fixed-rate loans with predictable repayment plans. Now the card giants are fighting back.
March 8
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Bancorp 2019-CRE5 contains 46 loans on apartment buildings accounting for 82.4% of the collateral pool; that's up from 78.8% for the sponsor's prior deal.
March 8 -
The $1 billion DRIVE 2019-2 is backed by loans with slightly weaker credit metrics than the lender's prior deal, forcing it to increase credit enhancement.
March 7 -
Paramount Equity Mortgage sold a solar finance business to SolarCity (now Tesla) in 2013; it has since rebranded itself as Loanpal and is readying its first solar loan securitization.
March 7 -
Despite a lower rate of increase, 2019 equity gains could pull 350,000 households from being underwater on mortgages, according to CoreLogic.
March 7 -
Oil and gas firms have represented the largest sector concentration for Enterprise Fleet Management since 2012, but had declined slightly in the sponsor's previous transaction.
March 7 -
PGIM gains a 20 basis-point reduction in the AAA note coupon as it reduces the reinvestment period by six months
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Investors appear to be willing to accept lower spreads in exchange for tying their money up for less time; CLO managers may be hoping to refinance when market conditions improve.
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