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Consumer advocates are protesting specific risk-weighting changes affecting borrowers with lower down payments. Also, a broader increase in requirements may discourage depository holdings of servicing.

The new rule sets a nationwide standard for disclosing all "material" breaches within four days — much sooner than many state-level disclosure rules.

All of the company's fair value gains in its portfolio during the quarter were wiped out by a larger loss from hedging activities.

Hilton Grand Vacation is allowed to optionally repurchase defaulted or 90-day delinquent timeshare loans, which increases the transaction's recovery rates and reduces losses in the securities.

Classes A, B, C, D and E are expected to have credit support of 64.4%, 57.6%, 46.4%, 37.7% and 33.1%, respectively. Those support levels include hard credit enhancement and a haircut to excess spread.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Phillip Jefferson joined three other board members in supporting a notice of proposed rulemaking, but expressed concerns about the economic impact of the changes.

There's divergence of opinions between one more rate hike this cycle and no further actions.

The collateral pool is comprised of a mix of mortgage loans, from 30-year, fixed-rate, fully amortizing loans (94.6%) to 40-year, fixed-rate loans with an initial interest-only term (0.03%).

So far, the wager appears to be profitable. The private equity pair agreed to purchase their shares at $12.30 each, and the stock rally after the deal was announced means they are sitting on a paper profit of more than $90 million.

Renovations, already the leading use for these borrowings, increased their share to nearly two-thirds of the products' market, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.