The Department of Veterans Affairs ended a break for borrowers put at a disadvantage by a discontinuation of pandemic aid as they transitioned to a new program.

Unlike most aircraft securitizations, Gilead 2025-1 uses a mortgage amortization style, de-levering at a lower rate compared to a more typical straight-line payment style.

The potential impacts of import tariffs cloud the outlook, though, and could lead mortgage rates to surge and fall throughout the coming year.

Letitia James and 22 other attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in a Maryland case challenging the dissolution of the consumer protection agency.

Any loan that is more than 120 days delinquent becomes a stop-advance loan, a designation that prevents interest leakage to bondholders.

Deal advisors said the Trump administration's tariff threats and the specter of inflation have given some bankers reason to pause on acquisition plans. Momentum could still mount, but uncertainty in Washington is a detriment early in the new year.

Investor properties or second homes account for 38.1% of the pool. Also, 27.9% of the loans are a debt service coverage ratio (DCSR) loan product.

While SoFi uses a third-party servicer for both of those product types, it services its entire consumer loan portfolio.

While Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is continuing to try and save the agency she helped create, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who benefited from crypto spending in his primary race, is a new ally.

Meanwhile, home prices are set to grow 3 to 4% in 2025, a Fitch report predicts.

As an investment, cat bonds have drawn attention in recent years after far exceeding returns on other high-risk fixed-income markets.

To keep note repayment on track, credit enhancement comes from subordination, and senior notes benefit from a principal lockout period on the subordinate classes.