The $612 million Horizon Aircraft Finance 1 carries preliminary single-A ratings from Fitch and Kroll, on par with the $1.2 billion deal the sponsor completed in 2015.

The transaction is one of only three CRE CLOs issued post crises with a collateral balance of $1.0 billion or more, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Although forecasts anticipate a continuing drop in overall originations, private-label residential mortgage-backed securitizations backed by newer loans are expected to keep increasing through next year, according to Bank of America.

Both Kroll and S&P expect losses on collateral in the subprime consumer lender's latest deal to be higher than its 2017 deals; Kroll alone assigned a lower rating to the senior tranche.

Marlette sharply reduced the share of sub-700 FICO borrowers, while also tightening a trigger tied to cumulative loss rates to enhance investor protections.

A $215 million commercial mortgage that was used to acquire the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua is being used as collateral for a transaction called GS Mortgage Securities 2018-LUAU

The unique approach Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are each taking with their credit-risk transfer products is quickly becoming a key point of differentiation that's rekindling competition between the government-sponsored enterprises.

Laurel Davis, VP, credit risk transfer at Fannie Mae, explains why the switch to a REMIC structure for CAS is important, and why it took so long.

The company’s first transaction, Eagle Re 2018-1, transfers a portion of the credit risk on approximately $36.3 billion of mortgages, according to Morningstar Credit Ratings.

Tishman Hotel & Realty and MetLife are refinancing the Swan and the Dolphin, adjoining resort complexes with a total of 2,270 rooms.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transferred a substantial amount of credit risk to the private sector through both single-family and multifamily market transactions in the first half of the year, with activity expected to rise in 2019, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

While three deals matches 2017's output, the total $2.08B volume of 2018 issuance trails the 2017 level by more than $1B.