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There will still be economic and credit cycles, but the US economy since the financial crisis means toppling it is a lot harder to do than it had been in the past.

The deal comes to market as President Trump suggested barring institutional buyers from snatching up single-family homes, the type of properties secure the bulk of SEMT 2026-INV1.

ODF II will focus on originating senior and junior commercial rea estate debt investments across major U.S. markets, focused on multifamily properties.

Across-the-board decreases across all loan types drove the Mortgage Bankers Association's full credit availability index to its lowest in three months.

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets said the plan is bad news for Invitation Homes and American Homes 4 Rent, but the companies "are long past the time of significant growth in home count

While Westlake's customer accounts usually have credit bureau scores ranging from 500 to 700, the WLAKE 2026-1 collateral pool's non-zero weighted average credit bureau score was 620.

Largely strong credit qualities were offset because by loans on single-family homes in the pool dropping by 0.5%, and that the percentage of loans that received due diligence decreased by 0.4%.

The positions in 10-year options could move closer to being in the money by the end of this week, with an array of labor-market releases ahead, culminating in Friday's government employment figures for December.

American Banker research highlights growing concerns about an economic downturn, regulatory volatility and open-banking risks.

With limited seasoning and primarily a clean payment history, OBX 2026-NQM1 had a seasoned probability of default of 33.3% among the AAA stresses and 11.4% among the B.