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Although the notes are supported by non-prime assets, Banco Santander sits at the top of the transaction's ownership chain and has a stable long-term, senior unsecured debt rating of A2.

Mortgage application activity had its largest decline in a year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The blockbuster merger proposal will be reviewed at a time when the Biden administration is expressing skepticism about consolidation. Its analysis will have to account for markets dominated by both big banks and the likes of Visa and Mastercard.

: A1 notes are expected to price at par, with a 13 basis-point spread over the 3-month, I-curve, and 44-77 basis points on the A2 through A4 notes, according to Asset Securitization Report's deal database.

DBRS assumes a base-case net cash flow of $15.8 million on the portfolio, about 28% lower than the issuer underwritten net cash flow amount of $21.9 million.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said Friday that Fed supervisors continue to draw on lessons learned from last March's bank failures—including heightened scrutiny—addressing risks banks currently face including firm asset growth, liquidity pressures and plummeting commercial real estate values.

Banks have been boosting purchases of top-rated CLOs. Commercial bank holdings of mortgage bonds are also on the upswing, climbing 12 of the last 15 weeks.

HBAN will service the transaction, with an A3 rating for long-term, senior unsecured debt, an A2 long-term credit assessment, and P-1 for short-term deposits.

The government-sponsored enterprise financed 955,000 mortgages last year, down from the 1.8 million loans it backed in 2022.

The risk that inflation could remain stuck above their 2% target is guiding Fed officials' preference to keep interest rates where they are for now, even as investors have clamored for cuts.