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Higher mortgage rates are adding to pressure on would-be buyers in a market where purchase prices are still skyrocketing two years into the pandemic housing boom.

An overly aggressive path of hikes to combat the spiraling cost of living may backfire. Bringing inflation down to 2% could push unemployment to nearly 10%.

The loans in the pool, all of which are fixed-rate and first lien, have an average balance of $426,504, and the top five loan balances account for 3.4% of the pool.

Proceeds from the deal will purchase the loan assets and fund the reserve account.

Almost all of the underlying loans had been pooled in Ginnie Mae MBS deals, but the loans had been repurchased after they became seriously delinquent.

The March CPI reading represents what many economists expect to be the peak of the current inflationary period, the impact of soaring food and energy prices.

Lendbuzz closed a new $100 million committed warehouse facility, with a 12-month revolving period, and will bring its total warehouse capacity to $400 million.

Only about 1.0% of the mortgage assets in the collateral pool are for the respective borrowers’ personal use, and qualify as mortgages under Regulation Z.

The past few weeks have seen no fewer than five acquisitions of U.S. alternative credit shops that specialize in CLOs or bundles of the securitized vehicles.

LHOME represents Kiavi’s first deconsolidated deal, given the sale of residual interest. Kiavi sold 95% of the bottom residual class to an institutional investor.

Solar loans with balances of $5,000-$125,000, and Home Efficiency Loans, which have balances ranging from $1,000-$100,000, make up the bulk of the asset pool.

Based in New York, Benoist de Vimal will be responsible for managing aviation origination, including supporting MUFG's originate-to-distribute business model.

Pre-pandemic, risk vehicles totaled 99.5% of the program’s fleet, but a shift toward non-program vehicles is expected, as manufacturers prioritize auto dealerships.

The prospect of aggressive tightening has already led to a global bond rout this year, and the latest move in market bets follows comments of continued tightening.

Half of the loans were originated prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and mainly in Q1 2020, while classes A and B have interest-only portions.

While the government is so far making payments, some have been delayed by banks doing lengthy checks that they aren’t breaching any restrictions.

Secured by a single Morgan Stanley first-lien mortgage, the SFR is the largest deal since the program priced its $2 billion transaction in July 2021.

Policy makers differ on what the neutral rate -- the rate that neither restricts nor spurs economic growth -- is and couch it in terms that don’t take account of the current high inflation environment.

The U.S. yield curve extended its recent flattening as investors evaluated the economic outlook amid tightening monetary policy and Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) represent 26.6%—and 26.7% if upsized—of the deal’s underlying portfolio, compared with 13.0% from the 2022-1 securitization.