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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.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reportedly plans to send the recently passed housing bill to the White House on Monday, starting a 10-day clock for the president to sign the bill.

The national delinquency rate rose 15 basis points to 3.5% last month due to a calendar anomaly, marking a 4.5% month-over-month incline and 9.4% annual change.

Half the borrowers are self-employed, and 21.5% of the mortgages have multiple borrowers.

Banks could restart mortgage servicing businesses and strengthen the RMBS market.

Christopher Phelan, President Donald Trump's nominee to chair the Council of Economic Advisers, declined to directly answer questions about recent inflation data and the effects of tariffs on consumers during a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

The deal is a master trust and will use its proceeds to repay all outstanding series of notes, not sharing identical collateral of prior issuances.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis' personal consumption expenditures inflation report for May showed that inflation had risen 4.1%, meeting elevated expectations and casting further doubt on the prospects of near-term interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

Each Small Business Administration 7(a) loan collateralizing the notes are secured by mostly motel, hotel and gasoline and convenience store commercial real estate (CRE) properties.

Foundation had introduced Version 3 of its credit risk model, using the most recent delinquency data, to improve loan performance predictions.

President Donald Trump said he wouldn't sign the housing bill, which includes several riders aimed at helping community banks, until Congress passes the SAVE Act.

The A-1-V notes are not expected to be drawn at close and will have to observe certain leverage and debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) conditions.

The latest postponement comes after a UWM filing states that Two Harbors shareholders are rejecting the deal, with 54% voting no as of June 12.

The Federal Reserve's new chair wants to change the way the central bank communicates with markets and the public. What those changes ultimately amount to could represent a major shift in an agency that has made transparency a guiding light for decades.

Part of the proposal affects the risk weighting for certain "investment properties and other cashflow-dependent" mortgages, according to a new Pennymac report.

A cash trap account captures excess available funds if the senior debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) is less than or equal to 1.35x.

The industry association said total multifamily mortgage debt alone increased by $23 billion, or 1% in Q1, representing a $2.32 trillion increase from Q4 2025.

The bank is following in the footsteps of Goldman Sachs, which made a similar move in April.

The A1A through A1-LCF tranches are expected to offer coupons of 5.84%, while mezzanine and subordinate coupons include 6.58% and 6.64%.

A potential end to the Iran War could lead to economic recovery, suggesting sub-6% rates may be far off as monetary policy discussions take a hawkish tone.

As the capital rule's comment period closes, some experts express concern about proposed changes that may impact nonbanks reliant on warehouse financing.

The decline in non-owner occupied acquisitions came as sales fell overall due to high mortgage rates and bad winter weather in the Northeast, BatchData said.

All the loans are interest-only during both their initial and extension terms, but third-party secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) cap agreements provide interest rate protection.

The investment will be sourced primarily from KKR's infrastructure and asset-based finance strategies.

The new Fed chair takes his seat for the first time but may find it was easier to be an outside critic than inside leader.

Navient will follow a sequential repayment structure, and no subordinate classes will receive any principal until the most senior outstanding class is paid in full.

Newly minted Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will host his inaugural press conference on Wednesday. Bankers will be paying close attention to what he says — and how he says it.

Rithm and UWM Holdings are the favorite names among publicly traded lenders, while BTIG adds coverage of Better Home & Finance at a buy rating.

The deal offers a series of exchangeable, class A and B notes, which will pay coupons ranging from 6.00% on the A1 tranche to 5.00% on the A33 tranche.

Aspire will raise $468.8 million from a pool of 917 residential mortgages, which are primarily fixed-rate.

The North Carolina-based regional has recruited Michael Lyons to serve as CEO, starting Sept. 1. Lyons will replace Bill Rogers, who plans to retire in April 2027.

The government-sponsored enterprise has provided language that servicers may utilize in situations involving temporary interest-rate buydowns.

The transaction structure includes an interest reserve account on the senior notes, tranche 2026-A1 VFN.

The government-related market's push has intensified efforts to draw up classic FICO comparisons or set up interim rating policies pending more data.

CEO Lynn Harton said his Greenville, South Carolina-based bank struggled the past year to keep Navitas from overshooting the limit the bank set for its expanding portfolio, about 10% of total loans.

The construction and building sector raises the most concern, but issues should remain manageable.

Although the follow-up securitization also issued three classes of notes, the deal amount is also much smaller than the first deal, with raised $217.2 million.

For the fifth time in the past seven weeks, mortgage rates moved higher, Freddie Mac reported, as consumer prices keep rising due to the Iran conflict.

Banking Committee Democrats warned that the Trump administration's failure to nominate Democrats to vacancies at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Securities and Exchange Commission and National Credit Union Administration threatens the bipartisan structure Congress established for financial regulators.

The White House has nominated Brian Johnson, the former CFPB deputy and a veteran Capitol Hill staffer, to permanently lead the bureau.

The deal will bring Kiavi's assets onto Figure's blockchain environment, adding $7 billion in annual volume, and more than $100 million of monthly cash flow onto its blockchain-native warehouse marketplace, Democratized Prime.

Over three-quarters of the Wolters Kluwer Blue Chip Economic Indicators panel said the FOMC will ease eventually, but a growing number are now expecting a hike.

The deal also includes a series of exchangeable notes that will pay variable rates.

The deal includes recently introduced senior first class flow (A-1FCF) and last cash flow (A-1LCF) tranches, which benefit from credit enhancement levels of 24.70%.

Refinancing activity continues to build on last year's momentum, despite some divergence among property types.

Canyon ABF Partners will provide capital to specialty lenders and regional banks and be a rapid acquisition and structuring vehicle for primary and secondary loans on a range of assets.

Approximately 54% of homeowners looked to a second lien product to access their home's stored value in the first quarter due to the "lock-in effect."

The Federal Reserve governor warned in a speech Saturday that lower capital requirements and lighter supervision could create a credit 'sugar high' that could spur excessive risk-taking, with potentially significant long-term consequences.

Self-employed borrowers represent just 23.1% of the pool, and liquid reserves were $858,428 compared with 21.9% and $1 million.

This series of CarMax Select Receivables notes is offering 8.42% in excess spread, a reduction from 9.85% on the CMXS 2026-A notes.