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The $320.1 million Homeward Opportunities Fund 1 Trust 2018-2 features fewer loans that rely on alternative ways to document borrower income, but borrowers have higher debt-to-income ratios and lower FICOs.

Stricter energy regulations for European residential and commercial buildings, effective in 2020, will likely depress cash flow and property values, though the impact will vary by country, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The $308 million Deepath CLO 2018-1 has an unusually large allowance for riskier triple-C loans of up to 17.5% of the portfolio.

The transaction has a senior-note tranche with a double-A rating from DBRs, and is being arranged by Banco Santander.

The $153.7 million Peaks CLO 3 also features a high ceiling for triple-C-rated loans and for "current-pay" loans that meet one or more criteria for default.

The bonds will be collateralized by payments from 15 royalty streams on 14 patent-protected drugs and technologies and will rank pari passu with securities issued from the same master trust in 2017.

A $55 million whole loan for the Dream Inn hotel in Santa Cruz, Calif., is the largest of 44 loans backing the $891.8 million transaction, called BBCMS Mortgage Trust 2018-C2.

Both managers are pricing their 3rd CLOs of 2018; the 135 basis point spread on Zais' is among the widest this year for a deal backed by broadly syndicated loans.

The transaction, Quarzo S.r.l. – Series 2018, is backed by 104,640 accounts with an average outstanding balance of €8,600 and an average interest rate of 9.1%. The loans have original average terms of 61.9 months, with 4.8 months of seasoning.

JPMorgan is securitizing a $180 million, two-year commercial mortgage backed by a leasehold interest on the 24-story building in a single-asset transaction.