The online lender was able to lower the credit enhancement (again) on its latest securitization of consumer installment loans, the $221.9 million Avant Loans Funding Trust 2018-A.
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The real estate investment trust, along with co-borrower Stellar Management, obtained a $675 million mortgage from four banks; they are cashing out $113 million of equity in the process.
June 19 -
The groups applauded a proposal to establish minimum GSE capital requirements, but called for more immediate steps to release the companies from conservatorship.
June 19 -
The original $312 million triple-A notes are being replaced with six separately priced Class A note tranches, including two fixed-rate securities classes
June 18 -
The rental car giant is issuing approximately $213 million each of notes maturing in July 2021 and July 2023 from its revolving master trust, Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, according to rating agency presale reports.
June 18 -
The concentration of loans with terms of 73-75 months has breached 13%, after ranging from between 10-12% from five previous AART issues since 2016.
June 18
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The 10-year, fixed-rate term of the $1.75 billion interest-only loan may raise some eyebrows, though the owners still have "implied equity" of $1.7 billion in the 2.2 million square foot property, per Moody's Investors Service.
June 18 -
Risk management and technology systems at the Federal Housing Administration lag decades behind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and desperately need to be revamped, according to a top official at HUD.
June 18 -
New securitizations backed by reverse mortgages are now at a low not seen in two years, signaling that higher volumes seen in recent months may be tapering off.
June 18 -
Like the sponsor's February transaction, this one is backed by midsize and larger business jets, a volatile asset class; it amortizes more slowly and has looser restrictions on extending the terms of leases and loans.
June 18 -
The $100 million Series 2018-1 notes will rank on an equal basis with the $900 million of notes Coinstar issued from the same master trust in May 2017, all are collateralized by nearly 20,000 coin-counting kiosks located in major retail stores.
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In Santander Consumer USA's third subprime shelf offering of 2018, new cars represent 55.8% of the collateral. In previous deals dating to 2013 new-car concentrations did not exceed 40.9%.
June 15 -
The borrowers in the pool of collateral have lower FICO scores, and the size of a prefunding account has risen to 25% of the initial balance from 16% for Marriott's prior deal, completed in August 2017.
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