Residential mortgage servicers are once again tapping the securitization market to fund advances to bondholders.

The Federal Housing Administration has weighed in on loans used to finance energy efficient home improvements, which have been a point of contention between mortgage lenders and the municipalities and private companies that make them.

Caja Rural de Castilla-La Mancha plans to issue €700 million ($802 million) of Spanish covered bonds that are backed by a €1.96 billion pool of mortgages.

Real estate finance expert Brian Olasov has joined the Atlanta office of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt as executive director, financial services consulting.

Freddie Mac will guarantee its second series of SB Certificates, which are backed by multifamily small balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust.

As China’s economic slowdown roils global equity and commodity markets for the third straight session, securitization investors have just one concern: whether the Federal Reserve will end its’ near-zero interest rate policy in September.

BlackRock Inc. is the latest company planning to finance investors who buy single-family homes, capitalizing on soaring rental demand as the homeownership rate sits at a five-decade low.

Two business development companies, TICC Capital Corp. and THL Credit, have announced plans to exit their holdings of CLO equity.

CMBS primary issuance won’t pick-up again until September, according to Barclays.

Fannie Mae has announced the winning bidder for two pools in its second nonperforming loan sale, which includes roughly 3,900 loans carrying a total of $765 million in unpaid principal balance.

Walker & Dunlop has hired Jeffrey Taschler, a veteran in commercial real estate lending and structured finance, as chief operating officer of its CMBS lending platform.

Social Finance Inc. has hired Joanne Bradford, a veteran of the technology and media industries, as chief operating officer.