Fannie Mae's first-quarter profits were enough for it to rebuild its minimum capital buffer and pay the Treasury Department dividend after being forced to take a draw during the previous fiscal period.

Sprint’s planned merger with T-Mobile should reduce the likelihood of a default on $7 billion of notes backed by leases on its spectrum licenses, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The overall delinquency rate for securitized U.S. commercial real estate loans is now 4.36%, a decrease of 19 basis points from the March level.

Ocwen Financial Corp. got back in the black during the first quarter after selling New Residential Investment Corp. $110 million in economic rights to mortgage servicing.

In its latest effort to reach first time home buyers, Freddie Mac is launching a new 3% down payment program that casts aside a number of restrictions in its existing low down payment offerings.

“We’re comforted by the fact our position in the market is so strong, and our ability to gain [loan] allocation is quite important," co-CEO Kewsong Lee says.

Banyan Street Capital and Balandis Real Estate are tapping the commercial mortgage bond market to help finance the revitalization of a mixed-use development in downtown Atlanta.

Qualifying borrowers have their maximum monthly payment reduced to 15% of the total of the household income, but the maximum dollar amount that can be extended is capped at $4 million.

If Freddie Mac's credit-risk transfer activities continue to grow, mortgage lenders could eventually see a reduction in the guarantee fees they pay to the government-sponsored enterprise, according to CEO Donald Layton.

Harley Marine Service has been expanding rapidly, racking up debt; a $455 million deal backed by its tugboat and barge fleet and contracts will lower funding costs.

The €300 million Taurus 2018-1 also finances Italian retail assets that the Partners Group, based in Switzerland, purchased from the Blackstone Group in February.

The former Kirkland & Ellis partner will remain in Chicago, where he has performed work for clients in automotive finance, technology, banking and marketplace lending.