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Near-term expectations for price growth fell in the latest consumer sentiment survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but remains above the central bank's target across all time horizons.

The current deal comes to market with a shorter revolving period and a smaller collateral pool, but other traits are similar to previous deals.

The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, but the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% all the same. The development could embolden both hawks and doves at the central bank.

The structure includes a stop-advance feature, which will prevent the servicer from providing scheduled interest and principal on loans that are 120 days or more delinquent.

The company's affiliate has been issuing non-QM deals that include a small percentage of second liens, some of which also involve alternative documentation.

The latest consumer conditions study from the American Financial Services Association paints a less-than-rosy picture of how lenders expect the second half of the year to play out.

Assets have a non-zero credit score is 631, notably lower than previous transactions. Also, a slight majority of borrowers, 53.23%, have credit scores of 660 or lower.

The current pool's major loan characteristics were higher than that those seen on the RKTL 2026-2, with 60-month loans representing a higher concentration of the current pool (77.0%) compared with 73.7% on the previous deal.

The Federal Reserve governor said inflation is too high but said she ultimately voted last week to hold interest rates steady to give recent economic trends more time to play out.

An industry sentiment index hit a new low, with 45% of investors saying the current business environment has worsened compared to a year ago.

The aircraft assets will be prefunded, otherwise, the proceeds will refinance 15 vintage aircraft.

Interest will be repaid sequentially. Scheduled principal will be paid based on the scheduled outstanding note balance for the applicable payment period and the note balances.

Lenders reported July declines of HECM endorsements and new securities issuances, but proprietary lending drove a 28% year-over-year surge in originations.

The real-estate investment trust affiliate has been focusing on making more funding available for new loans but also seeks to hold the line on credit quality.

The group is planting a flag for a new structured finance platform and real estate finance team in Miami and is expected to also strengthen Benesch's New York presence with two partners.

Notes are expected to pay coupons of 5.69% on the A1A notes and 5.89% on the A1B notes. Beyond that, the A2 and A3 notes pay coupons of 5.92% and 5.97%, respectively.

The agency delayed an offering of occupied units until September to ensure compliance with President Trump's executive order made earlier this year.

Mark Paoletta, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's chief legal officer, has taken over as the agency's acting director. Russell Vought's term ended Aug. 1.

The guidance removes structural, compliance and cost barriers for certain operators who were used to doubling down on cautionary measures to ensure deal execution.

In line with broader trends, the GSEs have been putting new limitations on forbearance and putting more of an emphasis on mods.

Structured as a master trust deal, AVCCT 2026-1 includes a three-year revolving period, when no principal payments will be made on the series 2026-1—unless an early amortization event happens.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are under directives to make mortgage-backed securities purchases that can exert downward pressure on rates or limit increases.

The American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association submitted comment letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission arguing that a proposed change to Form S-3 eligibility would make it more difficult for some banks to access the capital markets.

Some market participants are taking a 'hawkish hold' FOMC reading coming out of the July meeting, even as they adapt to a quieter intermeeting chairman.

Positive changes in credit provisions contributed to a multiyear high in net income as the GSE and its rival fought to purchase lenders' single-family loans.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh acknowledged that his limited guidance might have been a factor in rising market rates, but said whatever increased volatility can be attributed to the changes is more than offset by the benefit of a more nimble central bank.

Notes are expected to pay coupons of 4.05% on the notes rated R-1 (high) (sf) and 4.59% and 4.79% on the A1 and A2 notes, respectively.

The approvals expand BSI's ability to support Ginnie Mae-backed digital mortgage assets across securitization and servicing, the company said.

The Congressional Budget Office's latest read on loan and guarantee costs points to the risks and value of government-sponsored enterprises in conservatorship.

A mix of underwriting methods were used on the asset pool, but alternative documentation took a larger portion than the rest, accounting for 35.5%.

Heading into this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the Fed's core indicators are painting a different picture of the economy than real-time measures, injecting more uncertainty into Wednesday's FOMC meeting than usual.

The RMBS deal expects to pay coupons of 4.53% on the A1A through B4 notes, virtually all the notes in the capital structure.

So far this year, the volume of closed-end second and home equity line of credit securitizations is near last year's $29 billion, Bank of America Securities said.

Given Barnard's stature, and since the new leadership structure is not yet in place, Titan Square Mile said it would remove the funds from its Academy of Funds.

Bankers largely agree that there should be reforms, but don't agree on which ones; plus, our second batch of best-performing banks.

Equipment loans and leases that Redaptive Sustainability primarily acquired from originators, will back the asset pool.

President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau disclosed that he's been paid by numerous financial firms regulated by the agency he is expected to lead.

The drop in the annual metric for FHA loans was the biggest in over four years but other performance indicators ICE Mortgage Technology tracked were mixed.

Shareholders of XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income should not support Octagon's removal as the fund's sub-adviser, Egan-Jones said, citing limited benefits to shareholders.

The rule 144A deal's structure includes a cash collateral account represents 1.00% of the note balance across all tranches.

Brian Johnson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, navigated a somewhat contentious Senate Banking Committee hearing dominated by Democratic opposition but without giving away specific plans he has for the agency.

Originators need to keep an eye on the 10-year Treasury yield used in pricing mortgages, which not only broke through 4.6%, climbed above 4.7% on Thursday.

The transaction will repay senior fees, principal and interest on the A1 class before repaying monthly interest on all remaining outstanding classes of notes.

A Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to change reporting requirements for public companies has drawn mixed reactions, with some groups warning that reduced transparency could harm markets.

Almost one third of borrowers in the pool, 26.3%, are self-employed, with a non-zero weighted average (WA) average income of $832,522, and $666,211 in liquid reserves.

Until this quarter, car-loan delinquencies for the Detroit-based bank had been steadily dropping. But in the spring of 2026, that momentum showed signs of slowing.

The top 20 obligors account for 32.0% of the aggregate securitization value, while the top 10 represent 18.8%, a moderately elevated concentration.

Equity levels grew to start 2026 after pulling back to end last year, as older homeowners increasingly say they prefer to remain in place rather than downsize.

Servicers of ACHM Trust 2026-HE1's underlying mortgages are also not required to forward any principal and interest advances on the mortgage loans they service.

At a House hearing last week, GOP lawmakers asked Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, for advice on how to craft legislation to permanently change the CFPB's authority. The hearing highlighted a consensus among Republicans that administrative policy rollbacks are not enough.

SLR series 2026-1 benefits from initial overcollateralization of 8.00%, with a target of either 13% of the pool's aggregate ABS value or 8.00% of the securitization value on May 31.

The Supreme Court may have allowed the central bank to chart its own course on bank oversight for now, but discrepancies between two recent rulings set the stage for challenges.

Most of the waterfall will repay fees and interest, and any deficit or default amounts, until an early amortization event occurs.

Industry professionals generally agree that geopolitical risks could impact credit quality, but their true impact remains unclear.

Lenders are still frequent targets of the class action complaints over unwanted mortgage solicitations, violations that have netted litigants big paydays.

Raising $508.6 million, and being the first to cross the half-trillion dollar mark, the Point 2026-2 series also drove down funding costs by more than 220 basis points.

The central bank failed to prevent critical economic information from falling into the hands of "foreign adversaries," according to a report from its inspector general.

The private asset-backed finance capital from Oaktree is complimentary to Temple View's public ABS program.

The super senior and senior support tranches notes will repay investors on a pro rata basis, while the A2 through B3 notes repay investors sequentially.

The deal will repay principal on a monthly basis, with senior expenses and fees first, unpaid interest payments on the class A and class B notes, then amounts to satisfy the coverage tests or to fund a principal reserve, if any.

The investment banking giant has a hefty amount of excess capital, some of which is being used to meet client demand. At the same time, the company is open to opportunities to do bolt-on acquisitions, CEO Ted Pick said.

Economists at the government-sponsored enterprise have been lowering their single-family origination volume estimates for several months.

The global bank said it's ready to take advantage of opportunities to accelerate investments into its business, with an eye toward achieving longer-term, sustainable growth. Analysts had tough questions about the plans.

After the turbo period—months 12 through 39—classes A2, A2, B, C, D, E and F1 will receive enough principal payments to reach their respective target note balances and stay there.

The class A notes are exchangeable and will not have a note rate, KBRA specifies, but they will receive payments otherwise for payments due to exchangeable notes.

The Federal Reserve governor said the central bank should consider near-term rate hikes if core-measures of inflation continue to climb.

First-loss risk prompts Ellington's migration to the mezzanine level, although some secondary-market equity gets thumbs up.

Bipartisan pushback is targeting data centers with calls to eliminate tax breaks and ensure their energy consumption costs do not get passed on to residents.

The National Association of Home Builders Remodeling Market Index for the second quarter posted a reading of 61, a one-point decline from the first quarter.

The Additional Tax Lien Account is Acacia 2026-1's prefunding account, which will buy assets in the deal's first six months, up to $33.5 million, and is one of the deal's two investment accounts.

The bill, which passed with wide bipartisan support, will become law at midnight if President Donald Trump doesn't veto it.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said at an event Thursday that conducting monetary policy actions through a third party would improve efficiency and make markets stronger.

The pool includes called collateral and smaller concentrations of loans originated in higher credit tiers, resulting in some underlying asset weakness compared with a previous deal.

A week after falling to its lowest point since mid-May, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage turned higher as the 10-year Treasury rose 15 basis points since June.

A cash trap provision calls for half of available funds to be deposited into the cash trap reserve sub-account if the debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) is between 1.35x and 1.275x.

However, for the second quarter, increased home purchase mortgage activity contributed to an industry-wide 11% increase in agency securitizations, BTIG said.

OceanFirst Financial worked with an asset manager to apply the structure to a $1.5 billion portfolio of residential mortgages.

The data center is fully leased and is completely occupied by a single hyperscale tenant, which has an AA-' rating, under a long-term lease agreement.

The initial overcollateralization level was 14.50%, an increase from 14.00%. Target overcollateralization, meanwhile, increased to 18.75, compared with 16.50% on the previous deal.

Figure Lending originated the HELOCs using the FICO 9 scoring model, which treats medical debt, rental payments and repaid collection accounts differently.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said in a speech Tuesday morning that she is working with other regulators around the world to emphasize innovation in the banking sector, including with artificial intelligence.

A dividend cut is what some feel likely to be next for UWM, in order to reduce leverage levels which are well above competitors Rocket and Pennymac

Recent signals indicate this could be on the horizon and potentially add new value to a Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac stock offering, a Seeking Alpha analyst wrote.

Analysts at KBRA estimate a base case loss of 4.8%, down from the estimated loss of 5.6% on the 2025-1 series.

Mireille joins Xceptor as financial institutions invest heavily in AI-driven automation to manage increasing operational, regulatory and cost pressures in the capital markets.

Subprime auto and unsecured consumer loans are under pressure even as overall ABS performance remains steady.

Classes A, B and C benefit from credit enhancement levels of 26%, 17% and 13%, respectively and have an initial loan-to-value ratio of 74%, 83% and 87%, respectively.

The vote to approve the $12 per share deal, which rejected a hostile bid from UWM Holdings, came following several postponements of a special meeting.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed the labor force continued to expand but at a weaker rate than in recent months. The development weakens the case for a near-term rate hike.

Expected coupons range from 5.66% on the AAA-rated A-1A tranche to 8.52% on the tranche rated B+.

Nearwater Capital alums join competitors to service the financing industry niche, which will include CLOs sold to European investors.

The rise in completed modifications occurred as many other loan performance indicators plateaued, and may reflect the temporary impact of recent rule changes.

Mortgage applications rose 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week prior for the period ending June 26, according to the MBA's Market Composite Index.

The current transaction issues an additional series of notes, which will be paid to noteholders after it reaches the overcollateralization targets for the other notes.

Investment properties are not only in the majority, 56%, but they represent the largest portion of the pool since the AOMT 2025-12 transaction, which priced in November 2025.

The portfolio for sale contains hundreds of millions of dollars worth of reperforming loans that the government-sponsored enterprise co-marketed with Citigroup.

Lisa Cook can keep her seat on the Federal Reserve Board thanks to the Supreme Court's procedural concerns. Deeper questions about the central bank might not come for years — if at all.

The Kansas City bank plans to purchase St. Louis-based Nolan & Associates, adding to its investment banking advisory capabilities.

The move may have been related to the government-sponsored enterprise's duration gap but could also have resulted from many other considerations.

Of the alternative documentation used, bank statements looking back 12-23 months, accounted for 41.6% of that group.