The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a proposed rule for the Federal Home Loan Bank System that allows the FHFA director to set "reasonable" board compensation.

The $120 million deal is larger than the inaugural transaction from 2023, and includes expandable notes, plus a 36-month revolving period.

The trust features early amortization event triggers, including excess spread percentages falling below the required amount for that period or principal payment rates falling below 10%.

The cost of a credit score is $3.25, but could balloon to the $5 range in 2025.

Underlying borrowers have accumulated significant amount of home equity in their homes, to a weighted average (WA) original cumulative loan-to-value (CLTV) ratio of 69.5%.

The notes can withstand breakeven default levels of 73.38%, 57.8%, 40.71% and 34.17%, respectively. Those levels surpass the loss multiples of its expected 20.7% in cumulative gross defaults.

A strong economy drove mortgage rates higher in the past week but it's still an advantageous market for consumers in some ways, according to Freddie Mac.

The lender claims the offering is the only one of its kind in today's mortgage market.

The senior tranche will sell a mix of floating and fixed-rate notes, benefiting 22.5% in credit support. The class B notes are covered to a level of 15.0% and the tranche sells all fixed-rate notes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's nonbank registry to address repeat corporate offenders goes live this week, but some experts have raised concerns about redundancy and costs for nonbanks.

Consumer credit is deteriorating, but structured credit is well suited to weather the slide.

Further, the assets have a loan-to-value ratio of about 52%, with a cashflow that can withstand large haircuts.