Creditors are more willing to offer loans to subprime lenders so far this year, Equifax announced Monday.

Velocity Commercial Capital took steps to verify the so-called “liar loan” included in a small balance commercial mortgage securitization, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency, which rated the deal.

A second bank, Morgan Stlaney, is marketing commercial mortgage bonds backed by a portfolio of self-storage facilities

Wells Fargo is marketing another commercial mortgage securitization that relies on a few, high-quality loans to boost the overall credit metrics.

Two of the largest single-family landlords, Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust and Colony American Homes, are merging into company with over 30,000 homes and an aggregate value of $7.7 billion.

The Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG) has hired Dan Goodwin as director of mortgage policy who will focus on mortgage backed securities policy issues.

What traders at ABS East think is cheap (FFELP), hot (private SLABS), and not-so-hot (subprime autos).

BOC Aviation, a leading Asia-based global aircraft leasing company, plans to issue $807.9 million of bonds backed by aircraft leases.

With solar securitization a new growth sector in asset-backed, it’s only natural that the securitization-minded might start looking into electricity storage, which is expected to feed off the rise of renewable energy.

The CLO industry would love to have more explicit guidance from regulators on rules requiring managers to keep ‘skin in the game’ of these deals; unfortunately, that guidance is not likely to come any time soon.

The Federal Housing Administration’s recent determination that loans used to finance energy efficient home improvements rank second in payment priority, behind mortgages, isn’t the setback that it might seem to be.