Home prices are one driver. Other factors also have been exerting upward pressure on housing expenses that differ by region and lift the overall average.

A unique convergence of several macroeconomic events with persistent financing demand from underserved borrowers and housing investors keeps changing the marketplace.

Quantitative tightening has helped to keep mortgage rates elevated, but new concerns over how it impacts market liquidity could lead the Fed to end the program.

Total insured wind and flood losses are predicted to be between $10.5 billion and $17.5 billion, according to CoreLogic. Earlier estimates placed the cost of insured damages between $3 billion and $5 billion.

Notes benefit from overcollateralization of 2.60% of the initial pool. Subordination and a sequential payment priority will cause enhancement to be built up in the transaction, with overcollateralization reaching 4.5%.

Tentative FDIC guidelines would impose stricter governance and risk management standards on banks exceeding $10 billion of assets, drawing concern over potential regulatory overreach and conflicts with state laws.

Credit enhancement on the notes includes 3.5% in excess spread, subordination of the class M notes equaling 3.%, and a liquidity reserve that will equal 0.45% of the closing PACE assets balance.

Companies announced new product rollouts and capital raises last month, but some are also facing lawsuits as the industry encounters heightened attention to the lack of consumer protections.

Coordinated strikes by dock workers along the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast could cause issues for banks that provide credit to foreign shipping groups and domestic trucking companies.

In a potential credit drawback, TALT 2024-B has a residual value setting of 51.3% of the manufacturer's price. It was less than 50% in all the 2023 lease securitizations.

The conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.12% on Oct. 3.

The collateral has subprime credit attributes, the credit quality of the Westlake 2024-3 pool was incrementally better than the 2024-2 transaction, and notably better than the 2023-4 deal.