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CMBS primary issuance won’t pick-up again until September, according to Barclays.

Fannie Mae has announced the winning bidder for two pools in its second nonperforming loan sale, which includes roughly 3,900 loans carrying a total of $765 million in unpaid principal balance.

Walker & Dunlop has hired Jeffrey Taschler, a veteran in commercial real estate lending and structured finance, as chief operating officer of its CMBS lending platform.

Social Finance Inc. has hired Joanne Bradford, a veteran of the technology and media industries, as chief operating officer.

Fitch Ratings said that weak commodity prices are a concern for John Deere's second securitization of the year, which is highly concentrated in agricultural equipment leases.

The Chicago-based online consumer lender, which focuses on borrowers with less than pristine credit histories, is getting a boost from JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse and Jefferies.

Societe General paired up with Wells Fargo to sell $659 million of commercial mortgage backed securities. The deal marks a return to U.S. CMBS for Societe General after an 8-year absence.

The Treasury Department announced Tuesday that members of the public will have an additional month to submit comments about the online marketplace lending industry.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have a regulatory mandate to shrink. But that's easier said than done, given the government-sponsored enterprises' outsized presence in the mortgage industry, as their latest quarterly results show.