Finance

The London interbank offered rate has its faults, but at least it compensates for counterparty risk; not so the benchmark being touted as a replacement.

The credit characteristics of borrowers are similar to those of the insurer's previous transaction in March, with a weighted average FICO of 777, income of $243,738 and liquid reserves of $236,904.

The Dallas-based lender, a unit of the global banking giant Banco Santander, was able to lower credit enhancement on the senior notes to 63.55% from 65.25% on the previous deal in February.

AmeriCredit returns to securitization for the first time since November with a $1.1 billion deal, while Flagship's $223 million deal, its second of 2018, takes a step back in collateral quality.

The senior tranche of Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 2018-2 benefits from initial credit enhancement of 51.61%, up from 49.93% in a February deal; it comes from additional subordination.

PHH Corp. took a net loss in the first quarter but was able to surpass minimums for net worth and available cash necessary for Ocwen Financial to acquire the company.

Collateral for the mortgage bonds does not include what Moody's Investors Service terms the "improvements," a 42-story building, state-of-the-art digital signage or a 452-room luxury hotel.

Legal costs and legacy issues related to previous management continue to weigh on the online lender's results.

Despite the entrance of several large players over the past several years, financing to small-time landlords is still inefficient, executives say.

The average AAA note coupon of 103 basis points above Libor widened from 98.4 in March, which had been the tightest CLO spread level in approximately five years.

While DBRS maintained a rating of AA for the Lendmark Financial's first ABS of 2018, S&P issued an A rating after estimating higher net losses on the underlying subprime accounts.

Toyota Motor Credit $1.25B deal is its second captive-finance receivables securitization of 2018, with an upsizing option to $1.6 billiion.

Fannie Mae's first-quarter profits were enough for it to rebuild its minimum capital buffer and pay the Treasury Department dividend after being forced to take a draw during the previous fiscal period.

Sprint’s planned merger with T-Mobile should reduce the likelihood of a default on $7 billion of notes backed by leases on its spectrum licenses, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The overall delinquency rate for securitized U.S. commercial real estate loans is now 4.36%, a decrease of 19 basis points from the March level.

Ocwen Financial Corp. got back in the black during the first quarter after selling New Residential Investment Corp. $110 million in economic rights to mortgage servicing.

“We’re comforted by the fact our position in the market is so strong, and our ability to gain [loan] allocation is quite important," co-CEO Kewsong Lee says.

Banyan Street Capital and Balandis Real Estate are tapping the commercial mortgage bond market to help finance the revitalization of a mixed-use development in downtown Atlanta.

Qualifying borrowers have their maximum monthly payment reduced to 15% of the total of the household income, but the maximum dollar amount that can be extended is capped at $4 million.

If Freddie Mac's credit-risk transfer activities continue to grow, mortgage lenders could eventually see a reduction in the guarantee fees they pay to the government-sponsored enterprise, according to CEO Donald Layton.