The strong recovery in commercial real estate has enabled borrowers to resolve a lot of problem loans made before the financial crisis, but Fitch Ratings continues to expect no recoveries from "hope notes."

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RAIT Financial Trust said Thursday it closed on its fifth commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through December 23, 2015.

Puerto Rico’s electric utility reached an agreement with insurance companies MBIA Inc. and Assured Guaranty Ltd. and bondholders to restructure its $8.2 billion of debt.

Standard & Poor's downgrade of Volkswagen will have no immediate impact on its three U.S. auto loan and one auto lease asset-backed securities transactions it rates originated by VW Credit.

The average price of the loans underlying commercial mortgage-backed securities increased modestly from October to November, according to DebtX.

Freddie Mac is one-upping Fannie Mae by offering to retain some home loans that have defects but without requiring that mortgage lenders pay a fee.

Online marketplace lender OnDeck is involved in another securitization but this time it’s not the sponsor.

Guggenheim Securities, an investment bank that specializes in bonds backed by unusual assets such as franchise fees and tax liens, has its eyes on more traditional kinds of securitization.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is giving private mortgage insurers some hope this holiday season that they might get a chance to offer deeper mortgage insurance on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac single-family loans.