The San Francisco-based online lender reported a net loss of $115 million for 2017, more than half of which was connected to warrants issued in a deal that stabilized the struggling firm.

Banks would welcome a proposal to loosen Basel III capital restrictions because it would make holding mortgage servicing rights easier and stem the recent exodus of depositories from the servicing business, executives said.

An affiliate of the private-equity firm Angel Oak is packaging bank-issued sub debt to minimize risk for bondholders. It recently completed its first securitization and has plans to issue two deals a year.

The sponsor has only identified $552 million of collateral for the $610 million deal; it has another four months to put the remaining $88 million to work in additional assets.

Just over 20% of the balance are hotel loans, including the second-largest loan in the collateral pool, a $59.9 million portion of a $132.9 million loan used in a cashout refinancing of the Hilton Clearwater.

A new settlement with Massachusetts resolves all outstanding administrative actions against Ocwen Financial Corp. by a group of 30 states, but two states' legal actions against the servicer remain outstanding.

Together with $26.4 million of unrated notes that the REIT will retain in order to comply with risk retention rules, the total amount outstanding from the American Tower I master trust will be nearly $1.81 billion.

There was a modest decline in hurricane-related delinquent mortgages in February, a sign that there are lingering problems in the affected markets.

Are American college students using their student loan dollars wisely? A LendEDU study explored how those funds are spent.

The majority of the collateral for the $326 million OBX 2018-1 comes from two called Bear Stearns deals originally issued in 2005; the remainder was acquired by the mortgage REIT in the whole-loan market.

The money manager is preparing to refinance a $400 million deal originally printed in March 2016 that is currently grandfathered from risk retention rules - without bringing the deal into compliance.

A bill to allow captive insurance companies to be reinstated as members of the Federal Home Loan Bank System appears to be dividing the FHLB community.