While Congress has been unable to pass housing finance reform, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have done a good job of adhering to some of the spirit of recent bipartisan legislation, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.

Why managers of collateralized loan obligations aren't "sprinting and printing" new deals.

Volkswagen’s decision to halt sales of diesel cars in the United States that are involved in a recall puts bonds backed by dealer floorplan financing at risk

Hertz Corp. is marketing a $230 million auto rental fleet securitization, according to Fitch Ratings.

CommonBond has expanded its student loan refinancing program to more than 2,000 universities at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

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).