The Federal Housing Finance Agency is making it easier for Federal Home Loan banks to expand the kinds of collateral they can accept for advances

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through December 30, 2016.

Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through December 30, 2016.

Iconix Brand Group is selling another brand in its portfolio order to further reduce its indebtedness

Institutional refinancing in the fourth quarter, and continued high investor demand, drove a 12% surge in year-over-year U.S. leveraged lending in 2016 to $875 billion.

The $43.1 million SCR Notes Series 2016-MDN2, Class B, are linked to the credit risk of 68 multifamily mortgage loans originated between 1999 and 2016 with an unpaid principal balance of $863 million

A larger-than-expected “bail-in” of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena has placed the focus on other major Italian banks that have similar plans to seek government guarantees on their non-performing loan securitizations.

PHH is selling its remaining residential mortgage servicing portfolio to the real estate investment trust New Residential.

Russia’s Vozrozhdenie Bank is coming to market with a RUB 7.4 billion securitization of residential mortgages, it’s fifth to date, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

A recent piece making light of GSE recapitalization is dangerously misleading, according to the Executive Directors of the Community Mortgage Lenders of America and Community Home Lenders Association.

Next year is shaping up to be a pivotal one for the future of the Common Securitization Platform and the issuance of the single security by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Commercial real estate markets should continue to improve in 2017, though it remains to be seen how big of a role mortgage bonds will play in financing going forward.