Donna M. Mitchell is a financial journalist based in the New York metro area with expertise covering structured finance, commercial real estate, and wealth management. Her work has appeared in Forbes, Next Avenue, Financial Planning and National Real Estate Investor.
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Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 make up about 48% and 31% of the borrowers in the pool, respectively, while non-bankruptcy borrowers make up 21% of the pool.
October 12 -
The entire pool is comprised of fixed-rate, fully amortizing mortgages, with an average balance of $901,373. They are also first-lien loans.
October 8 -
The loans are related to just one timeshare site in Las Vegas, Nevada, called the Tower 52 Vacation Suites. The loans were originated under an agreement with Hilton Resorts.
October 7 -
About 87% of the loans in the pool were underwritten to borrowers with less than full documentation and out of that group, about 63.9% were underwritten to a 12- to 24-month bank statement to verify income.
October 6 -
The GSE comes to market with a pool that is less volatile than average Freddie Mac pass-through deals, plus below-average amortization.
October 5 -
Ellington Financial Mortgage plans to issue $257.6 million in residential mortgage-backed securities Most of the home loans were originated post-COVID and are on owner-occupied properties.
October 4 -
BDS 2021-FL9 is allowed to be fully collateralized by multifamily or manufactured housing properties, although it has concentration limits on other property types.
October 1 -
Based in Philadelphia, Mazzeo advises a range of client types on securitizations, and guides private equity and hedge fund managers through structured transactions.
October 1 -
While the collateral is high quality, analysts raised concerns about a number of key parties that they feel lack robust securitization experience and financial strength.
September 30 -
CIM is secured by home loans making the most of second chances, and borrowers retaining their homes throughout several economic dips.
September 29 -
It’s in the modeling and the long-term benefits, a cross-section of executive tells virtual crowd at Moody’s ‘Road to COP26’ event.
September 28 -
Conforming single-family homes, 65.3%, comprise most of the portfolio, and none of the borrowers in the portfolio had availed themselves of COVID-19 related forbearance.
September 28 -
The transaction is also the first securitization for ACREC. The entity is also taking on multiple roles, acting as sponsor, issuer and collateral manager.
September 27 -
Office imaging equipment and other business-related loan and lease contracts collateralize the highly diversified pool of obligors.
September 27 -
To help determine certain forms of credit enhancement and loss triggers, LendingPoint 2021-B is tightening its definition of what a charged-off account is.
September 24 -
A high representation of working professional degree holders among borrowers, most notably, medical doctors, boosts confidence in the underlying collateral.
September 22 -
In a move becoming more commonplace for CRE CLOs, the collateral manager can direct modifications that are not subject to servicing standards in deal documents.
September 21 -
The trust excludes loans from about six states with active legislation addressing the exporting of usury rates to out-of-state borrowers.
September 20 -
While the loss coverage is subsequently lower for the notes, totaling $194.2 million, it is expected to be sufficient to cover required rating multiples.
September 17 -
All of the underlying leases are financing new cars, Fitch noted, adding that leases under 36 months for the original term represented about 82.3% of the pool.
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