The first refinancing, in January, was primarily intended to extend the life of the post-reinvestment period deal; this time, the manager is also lowering the interest paid.

The Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority will price a $679 million current and advance refunding of tobacco bonds.

The two Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Monday to the four largest servicing companies asking them to address borrower complaints.

The 2-million-square-foot office complex in Tempe, Ariz., was acquired by JDM Partners and Transwestern Investment Group in a sale-and-leaseback agreement.

Mortgage lenders are bracing for big delays in the processing of mortgage applications, citing a problem with the income verification system at the Internal Revenue Service.

The Alpharetta, Ga.-based manager of Hilton, InterContinental, Marriott and other branded hotels recently obtained a $600 million mortgage from three banks: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase.

Two proposals, limiting deductibility of interest and like-kind exchanges, would make securitization uneconomical for auto and equipment lessors, according to the industry trade group.

The real estate investment trust has already completed 16 unrated offerings of bonds backed by legacy loans that were once delinquent; those prior deals were backed by more deeply distressed loans.

The council is exploring legislation to collect around $492 million in delinquent real estate taxes that could aid the city’s school district.

A $300 million, interest-only first mortgage that the REIT obtained from Wells Fargo this month is being used as collateral for a transaction called WFCM 2017-SMP.

The collateral for the $59.9 million transaction from DRB Capital includes life-contingent structured settlement receivables; when the beneficiary dies, the insurer stops making payments.

Lee Shaiman, who oversaw $20 billion in leveraged finance and other fixed-income investments at Blackstone, will succeed Bram Smith. who announced his retirement in early 2017.