AFAH Funding is not your typical CRE CLO: It is backed by entirely by long-dated mezzanine interests in multifamily properties that are eligible for low-income housing tax credits.

Mortgage servicing assets are poised for gains in 2019. But as higher average mortgage rates spur lenders to sell servicing rights and diversify their loan offerings, servicers' work will also get more complicated and costly.

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to examine the outgoing committee chairman's bipartisan GSE reform bill, but lawmakers were already looking ahead.

The White House said that Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting will serve as acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency beginning Jan. 6, after Director Mel Watt’s term ends.

A Wells Fargo report this week shows that market spreads for the triple-A notes backed by collateralized loan obligation assets are at 128, a level not seen since May 2017.

The $500 million AIG CLO 2018-1, AIG's first deal since selling off its asset management business in 2010, is priced at 132 basis points over three-month Libor.

The €350 million Providus CLO II is backed exclusively by loans to mid-market firms that meet the private equity firm's sustainability criteria; at closing, 90% of the collateral has been identified.

As part of the agreement with HSN, Synchrony has also extended its partnerships with HSN affiliates QVC and the e-commerce site Zulily.

The wireless carrier has issued a total of $6.7 billion to year-to-date via four transactions; that's up from $2.65 via two deals in 2017 and a single, $1 billion deal in 2016.

The online lender will roll out the business early next year with a focus on loans of less than $100,000.

The Property Assessed Clean Energy sector is getting a boost from the expansion of improvements eligible to be financed via tax assessments, including fire resiliency and total building renovations, according to DBRS.

Dividing the transaction into two tranches allowed the GSE to tailor the transaction to the risk appetite of participants, lowering the cost of reinsurance.