It's the largest increase in five years; the percentage of securitized commercial mortgages behind on payments is now 5.75%, according to Trepp.

The move comes at a time when both Prosper and the broader industry it helped to pioneer are struggling.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency made just incremental changes to two of the seven affordable housing benchmarks.

Angel Oak was able to secure triple-A credit ratings for its next offering of nonprime residential mortgage bonds, despite offering considerably less credit enhancement.

The Blackstone Group is tapping the commercial mortgage bond market to help finance the purchase of 11 multifamily properties from IMT Capital, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Synchrony Financial and Alliance Data Systems are particularly vulnerable to recent shifts in Americans’ shopping habits, according to new research from Moody’s Investors Service.

Lea Overby was formerly managing director, research; she replaces Charles Citro, who left the credit rating agency to pursue other opportunities.

The real estate investment trust is issuing its fourth securitization of older performing and non-performing loans of the year, and 13th since 2014.

The Senate is set to begin teeing up housing finance reform discussions at a Banking Committee hearing on Thursday, but many are skeptical that Congress will be able to succeed where it has failed in the past.

College Ave, founded by two former Sallie Mae executives, makes both in-school and refinance loans; borrowers have the option of making payments before they graduate

Popov comes to Carlyle with 20 years of private equity experience backing non-investment grade firms

It's the sponsors fourth securitization, and includes 33,972 contracts to small and medium-sized companies as well as to government clients.