The House of Representatives passed two bills that would tie appraisal waivers for Small Business Administration loans to bank rules for commercial real estate loans, despite objections from the Appraisal Institute about its members being cut out of transactions.

It can be a more efficient way to raise regulatory capital than relying solely on equity, but lenders that securitize this debt have struggled to get the market back off the ground.

Nearly 72% of attendees said their institutions were either only going to get involved “at the appropriate time” or “let the market figure out” how to move to a new benchmark.

The bank seeks to answer the threat posed by disruptors with quick online loans and a card that rewards small businesses for more kinds of spending.

Florence's flooding and wind destruction affected about 700,000 residential and commercial properties across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, according to CoreLogic's latest estimates.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s involvement in the single-family rental market may have been short-lived, but it still had a positive effective, according to Beth O’Brien, CEO of CoreVest.

Three of the loans backing the $868.4 million BSPRT 2018-FL4 representing 18.4% of the collateral are either still under construction or have yet to be redeveloped, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Auto loan securitization has been in overdrive this year, even if the global tussle over import tariffs is injecting a note of caution.

While banking regulators are currently looking the other way when corporate debt packages exceed 6.0 leverage, that could easily change under a new administration or Congress.

The CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are stepping down because the job they were hired to do — return the GSEs to profitability — is done. But attracting top-flight candidates to lead the mortgage giants into a new phase may not be easy.

Look for more providers of property assessed clean energy financing for commercial buildings to follow CleanFund and Greenworks Lending into the securitization market next year.

The agency wants more information as it conducts fair-lending exams, but conflicting statutes make writing a data collection rule difficult.