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Portfolio enhancements and diversifications cushion the impact of the L.A. wildfires from RMBS losses.

Completed foreclosure auctions should be 8% lower this year, but if home value and unemployment expectations change, all bets are off, Auction.com said.

The GMALT 2025-1 securitization has just 24.4% of contracts with original leases longer than 36 months. It's the lowest level for the platform, a credit positive.

Tenants also have a high average credit quality, with 75.9% of them having at least an investment grade rating, and lease assets underlying the class A notes have a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio limited to 70%.

The president's rough-and-tumble trade negotiations have throttled financial markets, causing investors to flock to the safety of dollars and Treasuries. But some economists say this style of policymaking could have hurt the U.S.'s safe haven status in the long run.

Some mortgage stakeholders say Trump's tariffs would make interest rates rise and housing costs shoot up.

The riskiest portion of the securitization, known as the equity, was placed with investors including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and family offices

Residential customers made up 70.1% of NYSEG's sales revenue, while commercial and industrial customers account for the other 30% of sales. The latter is a relatively high exposure for such deals.

Bessent, who joined Trump at the Oval Office, said the fund would be created in the next 12 months, calling it an issue "of great strategic importance."

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was named to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has told the agency's staff to put a halt to all rules, enforcement actions and hiring.