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Just 2.15% of the loans in the pool financed properties in Los Angeles County, and the surrounding areas that have been impacted by the recent wildfires.

Investors and analysts see pockets of value in asset-backed securities, as elevated fiscal policy uncertainty and wariness about the economic environment rise.

Valley National Bank and Dime Community Bancshares expect a better balance of deposit costs to help boost their net interest margins in 2025.

Outstanding loans eligible for repossession in December 2022 saw a 22.5% increase from December 2019, but redemptions were higher than pre-pandemic levels.

The portfolio is composed of 743 first-lien, fixed- and adjustable-rate, fully amortizing mortgages to borrowers with prime and non-prime credit. Most of the mortgages, 70.3%, are for home purchases.

CEO Richard Fairbank told analysts executives have their "microscopes" out for any signs of trouble, but consumers remain "in a great place."

Obligors are slightly more concentrated but the percentage of obligors in higher credit quality grades—2 through 5—increased to 56.9%, from 41.3% from the previous deal.

Despite Exeter's experience, it has low durability as a servicer. This puts its default probability in the unknown.

Proceeds from principal can be used to make up for shortfalls to the notes, but those shortfalls on the class A2 and subordinate bonds will not be paid from principal proceeds until the senior classes are retired.

Leftover goals from the first administration of president-elect Donald J. Trump 1.0 could shake MBS and other ABS sectors.

Commoditization of mortgages, plus technology that eases the refinance process, and the regulatory environment, all contributed to the decision.

The agency wants the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts, which sell student loan asset-backed securities (ABS) to investors, to pay $2.25 million in fines to borrowers.

KBRA notes that commercial obligors with an investment grade rating make up 76% of MassMutual's customer base. Within that group, payments from the U.S. government account for 14.4%, the largest concentration.

ODART 2025-1 will be the first transaction from the program that will include loans originated through OneMain Foursight, the lending unit that was formed when OneMain bought Foursight Capital from Jefferies Financial Group.

The $4 trillion-asset bank posted its highest-ever annual profit but also said its CEO succession plan is still in the works.

Island is a first-time issuer and largely originates and services the loans through its network of 48 branches.

Notes will be repaid through a sequential pay structure that will require principal to be repaid in full to the class A1 notes.

The $1 billion deal included classes A-L-A and A-L-B were offered as loans.

The inaugural deal is expected to close by the end of the month. Among its structural features are cash trap and cash sweep provisions.

The movements were spurred by jitters around persistent inflation and ballooning government debt, leading futures traders to wager that the Fed is unlikely to ease monetary policy again until late 2025.