Finance

Flatt said the combination of strong markets and asset sales means there’s enough capital on hand for its planned $6.5 billion privatization of Brookfield Property Partners LP, and the repurchase of its own shares, to soak up some of the new equity being issued in the transaction.

If the lender's trust opts to upsize its second bond offering of 2021, the $2 billion-plus transaction would be Santander's biggest in the post-crisis era.

The two companies each priced on Wednesday each firm's second aggregated pool of non-QM loans this year.

The multiborrower CMBS deal includes 71 single-tenant properties, representing more than 40% of the pool.

The bonds backed by the primarily non-prime unsecured receivables have preliminary ratings of BBB (low) from DBRS Morningstar and BBB- from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

While the product was hard to find after the start of the pandemic, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent changes to Appendix Q are giving a pair of large wholesalers the chance to offer it as a qualified mortgage.

The rental-car firm's next securitization of its rental car fleet is just the second since the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, and is buoyed by pent-up business and tourist travel demand for vehicle-rental services.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of April 30-May 6

The company aims to use the additional capacity to get its non-qualified mortgage business back to producing $125 million per month, and anticipates more purchases of mortgage servicing rights, representatives said in its Q1 earnings call.

The 30-acre luxury retail development is among four investment-grade-worthy loans included in the multiborrower deal.

Goeasy would join the likes of Canadian non-prime lender Fairstone Financial Inc., which sold its inaugural ABS transaction in 2019. Also that year, Home Capital Group Inc. priced the first deal pooling non-prime Canadian home loans since 2007.

According to Moody’s Investors Service, nearly 73% of the 33-obligor pool for ACRES Commercial Realty 2021-FL1 are apartment buildings that lack current revenue streams due to property rehabilitation efforts or being under transition.

Defaults and delinquencies are below pre-pandemic levels for online consumer loans held in securitization pools, but Fitch is concerned normalization may be shortlived as expanded unemployment benefits and other stimulus support programs draw to a close.

The complex, among the tallest buildings in San Francisco, is one of two Trump-linked office towers that Vornado is refinancing.

Short-term late payment rates rose again and later stage delinquencies remain at elevated levels compared to those prior to the pandemic, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The deal is CIBC's third series from the CARDS II master trust, and the second to issue U.S.-dollar denominated bonds.

Hedge accounting will align Fannie’s reporting with competitor Freddie Mac, and will address a mismatch between the recorded value of financial instruments used to offset interest-rate volatility on mortgages and the loans themselves.

The 18.3% self-employment percentage of borrowers is below the combined 2020 and year-to-date 2021 average prime RMBS level of 19.3%, according to a presale report from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Wisconsin Electric Power Co. will assign receivables from EC costs levied on monthly customer bill payments. The securitization strategy is expected to save ratepayers $41 million over traditional rate-based financing.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of April 23-29