Upgrade's new product, unveiled Tuesday, is aimed at consumers who are expecting a big expense but may not need to borrow all the money at once. Unlike a home equity line of credit, the loan can be approved in minutes because there is no need for collateral or an appraisal process.
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Collateral for the mortgage bonds does not include what Moody's Investors Service terms the "improvements," a 42-story building, state-of-the-art digital signage or a 452-room luxury hotel.
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Legal costs and legacy issues related to previous management continue to weigh on the online lender's results.
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Despite the entrance of several large players over the past several years, financing to small-time landlords is still inefficient, executives say.
May 8 -
The average AAA note coupon of 103 basis points above Libor widened from 98.4 in March, which had been the tightest CLO spread level in approximately five years.
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In a bid to cut time and costs from the mortgage process, Fannie Mae is testing whether appraisers can accurately determine a home's value without actually visiting the property.
May 7
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The deal provides inventory financing for 279 Daimler AG-affiliated dealers from a pool of more than $3 billion in receivables.
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Auto lenders would be well advised to keep up their guard as states — particularly blue ones — take steps of their own to crack down on what they see as abusive practices.
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The class-action lawsuit filed by investors alleged that bank executives deliberately failed to disclose the full nature of its cross-selling practices to shareholders.
May 4 -
While DBRS maintained a rating of AA for the Lendmark Financial's first ABS of 2018, S&P issued an A rating after estimating higher net losses on the underlying subprime accounts.
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The removal of costly appraisal requirements on tens of thousands of smaller commercial properties could help community banks better compete for loans they say they have been losing to nonbank lenders.
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CARDS II Trust, Series 2018-1 will issue two tranches of floating-rate two-year notes and CARDS II Trust, Series 2018-2 will issue two tranches of fixed-rate two-year notes; both are as-yet unsized.
May 4 -
Toyota Motor Credit $1.25B deal is its second captive-finance receivables securitization of 2018, with an upsizing option to $1.6 billiion.
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