Chesapeak Funding II 2017-3 II is only the second transaction Element has launched since merging its fleet securitization platforms earlier this year.

Rather than working with large-scale investors, Freddie Mac said it will focus on assisting community organizations and local institutions to fund single-family properties for renters with special needs.

Unlike the $15 billion-asset bank’s legacy mortgage bonds, the new offering is backed by loans to borrowers with strong credit and significant equity in their homes.

Loans with terms between 73 months and 75 months comprise 15.6% of the collateral for DRIVE Auto Receivables Trust 2017-2, up from 0.5% in 2017-1; yet Moody's Investors Service is holding its loss expectations stable.

The collateral has the highest concentration of longer-term loans of any Toyota deal to date: 42.6%; that's up 3.7 percentage point from the sponsor's previous deal.

House Financial Services Committee leaders and two top real estate trade groups have cut a deal on a bill to reform the National Flood Insurance Program.

Unlike some other large loans obtained by affiliates of the private equity firm, this one is not being carved up into bits; rather, the entire $1.4 billion mortgage is securitized in a single transaction.

Fitch Ratings expects net losses to reach 1.45% over the life of the deal, down from prior deals, thanks to the introduction of a selection criteria that stipulates a minimum FICO score of 650.

The alliance should help the asset registry and communications platform, accelerate its expansion beyond leveraged loans and structured finance and into more overseas markets.

Structural features, not present in the sponsor's previous securitization, completed in 2012, allowed it to obtain a credit rating for the the senior and subordinate tranches.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is planning to ask for public feedback on a proposal on whether and how to change the Volcker Rule.

U.S. District Judge André Birotte has dismissed all federal claims against Renovate America and its government bond-issuing partners in three lawsuits that had sought class-action status.