Felipe Ossa

Senior Editor

Felipe Ossa is senior editor of Structured Finance News and a contributor to National Mortgage News.

RMBS

Why 'build to rent' is having its moment

With few foreclosed homes left to pick up on the cheap, the biggest landlords are buying, or building, new single-family homes to pad their portfolios; mortgages on these properties could show up as collateral in rental bonds.

By Felipe Ossa

February 14

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Consumer lending

Upgrade Receivables raises $299 million on unsecured consumer loans

Initially, the notes benefit from a reserve fund that equals 0.50% of the pool balance; overcollateralization, which represents 10.60% of the pool balance; and subordination.

By Donna M. Mitchell

3h ago
Securitization

Volkswagen raises at least $1.3 billion in auto ABS

Some recent performance deterioration in Volkswagen's managed portfolio vintages and securitization pools helped account for the increase in expected CNL losses.

By Donna M. Mitchell

November 21
Credit scores

CFPB's Chopra: AI can be the key to fairer credit scoring

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said the FICO credit-scoring model has drawbacks in price, predictiveness and market competition, and stakeholders should develop a more open-sourced model that uses artificial intelligence.

By John Heltman

November 21