Home Loan bank executives said Congress would have to pass a law for the system to increase its affordable housing contribution above 10% of earnings.

Overcollateralization, subordination of the junior notes, a non-declining cash reserve account and excess spread provide credit enhancement to the notes.

Since 2019, the portfolio has recorded five defaults—driven by bankruptcies—and each was resolved with a 100% recovery rate, Fitch said.

Recent rate movements have failed to result in significant purchase growth, but refinances are providing lenders some lift.

The Federal Reserve finalized its capital requirements for large banks Wednesday based on June's stress test outcomes.

The 1,055 loans in the pool are primarily non-qualified mortgages and loans that are exempt from ability-to-repay rules, which represent 36.4% and 43.87% of the pool, respectively.

Canadian asset-backed commercial paper issuers eye chance to narrow massive financing gap created by the CDOR benchmark cessation.

Purchases managed a small rise, but refinance activity held steady, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

About 85% of U.S. homeowners have interest rates below 6%, while a little over 50% of homeowners have a rate below 4%, Redfin's report said.

The transaction has a nine-month revolving period. All of the leases are closed end, where the issuer bears the residual value risk, and more of them can be added during that period.

The Canadian lender's cushion for potential credit losses nearly doubled in the third quarter, while its U.S. business idled.

The interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity initiative, which was tasked by the Biden administration with rooting out bias in home valuations, appears to have run its course. But experts say it could be years before the group's efforts bear fruit.