Mortgage consulting firm Clayton Holdings has hired Mark Hughes as a head of sales and marketing.

ReadyCap Lending LLC has launched a $218.8 million small balance commercial loan securitization, according to Moody’s Investors service.

Issuance totals for asset-backed, residential mortgage-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities for the year through November 20, 2015.

Fitch Ratings warned Friday that it has been “surprised” to see an increasing number of requests by borrowers to change the terms of loans backing mortgage bonds shortly after securitization.

Santander Consumer reported an uptick in loan modifications, a sign that the auto lender is continuing its aggressive play for subprime borrowers.

Freddie Mac priced another residential mortgage securitization that includes a mix of guaranteed and non-guaranteed notes.

BMW Bank plans to issue a new €800 million ($858 million) securitization of German auto leases, according to Standard & Poor's.

U.S. consumers are shouldering record levels of debt to get behind the wheel of an automobile.

Nationstar's third transaction backed by inactive reverse mortgages is the first to be rated by Moody's Investors Service.

Fannie Mae gets reinsurance on mortgages with LTVs in excess of 80%.

Darien Rowayton Bank plans to securitized a portfolio of refinanced private student loan debt, according to DBRS.