Commercial lending

This year saw elation over the rollback of risk retention for CLOs give way to concerns about leveraged lending, the 1st post-crisis downgrade of a subprime auto deal, the 1st AAA for commercial PACE, and much, much more.

Freddie Mac issued its first non-low-income housing tax credit forward commitment, providing financing for an affordable housing development in Minnesota.

The state has expanded the scope of ongoing legal actions against Avant and Marlette to include several securitization trusts and trustees.

The online lender will roll out the business early next year with a focus on loans of less than $100,000.

Live Oak Bancshares became an SBA juggernaut by making loans, selling them and making more. With economic conditions changing, it is retaining more credits.

An agency report said servicing portfolios have shrunk by nearly half in 10 years as much of the mortgage market has shifted to nonbanks.

The electric car maker was able to offer less credit enhancement on the senior tranche of notes to be issued because residual value accounts for less of the collateral than its prior deal.

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

This marketplace lender's third securitization of the year again features fewer 60-month loans, slightly higher FICOs and lower coupons.

A joint venture between the REIT and two Chinese investors obtained a $364 million five-year, fixed-rate loan on the portfolio from Column Financial.