Fogarty will represent a range of clients, including private equity sponsors, private capital lenders, financial institutions and asset managers in complex structured and securitization transactions.

Slated to close later this week, the transaction can be upsized to $1.6 billion.

Lower borrowing costs, reduced exposure to the urban office sector and flattening vacancy rates could collectively save lenders from beleaguered corners of the commercial real estate market.

Gruenberg, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s longest-serving board member, will step down in January, marking the end of an era after nearly 20 years on the agency's board of directors.

Those born between 1997 and 2012 will go from making up a scant 6% of today's market to a 25% share by 2028, and mortgage lenders need to be ready to serve them.

The notes benefit from credit enhancement levels of 30.45%, 24.3%, 13.8%, 8.65%, 5.00% and 2.05% on the A1, A2, A3, M1, B1, B2 and B3 tranches, respectively.

Some lenders are once again hiring mortgage lenders, but memories of the painful staffing cuts they were forced to make over the past two years remain top of mind.

The current COPAR transaction has a FICO score of 782, an increase from 780 from the COPAR 2023-2, and loans with an original term greater than 72 months, as a percentage of the pool balance was 19.24%, a decrease from 22.9%.

Sam Valverde, acting president of Ginnie Mae, has resigned after about six months in the job.

Private-label securitization volume increased 75% this year versus 2023; conditions are right for that to continue, KBRA said.

Treasury yields rose the day after President-elect Donald Trump was picked. The short-term result: It's harder for commercial real estate lenders and borrowers to find common ground.

The Federal Reserve chair said there are no economic indicators calling for rapid rate cuts. He also addressed Fed independence, the impact of Trump's economic agenda and more.