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.

Just over half of the collateral for the $883 million deal is eligible to be purchased by Fannie or Freddie; the bank itself contributed nearly half.

The $1.5 billion FREMF 2017-K1 has a in-trust stressed loan-to-value ratio of 120%, as measured by Kroll; that's projected to fall to 108.7% when the deal matures.

A prepackaged restructuring will not disrupt servicing of the company's assets-backeds because the servicing subsidiary is not part of the filing.

The industry derides the proprietary trading ban as costly, and the Trump administration has heard those concerns. Yet regulators must choose between subtle though expedient pin-prick changes versus a more drastic overhaul.

Regulatory changes that would put an end to state and local tax deductions could prompt many homeowners in high-tax states to consider relocating, a Redfin survey shows.