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.

Freddie Mac is broadening its capital markets vehicles with its first offering of participation certificate securities backed by multifamily tax exempt loans.

The collateralized loan obligation manager launched a fifth 2017 U.S. deal totaling $510 million, while its European subsidiary is preparing a third transaction totaling €400 million.

A lower Manhattan office building that serves as the headquarters of the New York Department of Financial Services is the largest loan in a $891 million CMBS from UBS.

A district court judge said the state’s suit against Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is premature because the agency has not finalized its fintech charter nor has any firm applied for it.

Early-stage mortgage delinquencies had their largest year-over-year gain during September in over eight years, a direct result of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.