A drop in California’s electricity rates could reduce cashflows for securitizations of solar panel leases, according to Moody’s Investor Report.

The Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool has completed a second catastrophe bond through a new shelf bond program dubbed Bosphorus Ltd.

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.