Finance

Nissan's second U.S. lease-securitization of 2017 pools more than 71,000 contracts with $1.5 billion outstanding on cars, SUVs and cross-overs. Delinquencies remain low, but residual values are growing volatile.

Ford Motor Credit's second master trust issuance funding its dealer inventory financing has pushed floorplan ABS industry-wide past $8.5 billion, the busiest year for the asset class since 2014.

The REIT has previously issued unrated bonds backed by loans that were once delinquent but are now making timely payments. It has also completed five offerings of bonds backed by prime jumbo loans between 2008 and 2012.

Unlike the sponsor's previous transaction, which recycled collateral issued pre-crisis, this one includes newly issued securities intended to help small banks and insurance companies raise capital.

GM Financial is following similar actions by American Honda, Santander, Fifth Third and USAA to limit Texas exposure in securitizations, but the captive-finance lender has extended the exclusion to Florida loans as well.

Trepp reports that further declines are possible as the wave of maturing pre-crisis mortgages appears to have been reduced to more of a ripple.

The deal, Sunrise SPV 20 S.r.l., is collateralized by more than 120,000 auto, furniture and personal loans originated by the Italian lender.

The deal is the real estate investment trust's seventh of 2017; the collateral was contributed by 135 originators, including Quicken Loans and First Republic Bank.

The amount of commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding ticked up from April through June, yet the balance of loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities continued its decline.

Most of the 181 jets used as collateral were acquired from GE Capital Corp. in 2015; proceeds from prepayments and liquidations can be used to acquire additional aircraft.

The $75 million deal is backed by financing for a variety of property types, including office buildings, manufacturing facilities and hospitals; it was privately placed with TIAA Investments.

Nearly half of the properties are in New York (30.3%), New Jersey (10.4%) or Florida (8.7%), states that require a court to sign off on a foreclosure, a lengthy process that could affect the timing of payments.

Ginnie Mae is giving expanded loan buyout authority to certain issuers in order to help them remove loans affected by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey from securitized mortgage pools.

There are four loans with investment grade characteristics that help boost the overall credit metrics of the collateral pool.

Bank of Nova Scota's third overall deal in its brief auto-loan securitization history will feature $500m in U.S.-dollar denominated bonds.

On Friday, the U.S. International Trade Commission voted 4-0 that imported panels are crippling American manufacturers, giving President Trump until January to decide whether to impose tariffs.

The loans have an average balance of €18.5k (US$22.1k) and went to 39,698 borrowers; they are secured by a pool of new (46.8%) and used (53.2%) cars, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The sponsor obtained a $1 billion mortgage from JPMorgan, Goldman and Citi; proceeds will be used to repay $715 million of debt taken out in 2015 to acquire the original portfolio from Apollo Global Management.

Regulatory relief remains uncertain, but there's plenty to celebrate as some more esoteric asset classes, such as franchise fees and aircraft leases, move into the mainstream, while others, such as nonprime RMBS, are starting to revive.

The latest round of Freddie-backed mortgages for the development, acquisition or rehabilitation or affordable multifamily housing includes 67 properties, with the highest concentration in California.