Allison Bisbey

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages reversed course in September and resumed a climb that began in March, according to Trepp.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac want to make it easier for owners of older apartment buildings to make energy efficient upgrades.

Citigroup is shopping $540 million of bonds backed by a portfolio of 102 self-storage facilities.

JPMorgan is dipping into its toolbox for a type of financial engineering rarely seen these days: "re-REMIC," or a securitization of real estate mortgage investment conduits.

American Homes 4 Rent has repaid the $342 million loan that serves as collateral for its first securitization of single-family rental properties.

The owner of 9 West 57th St., an entity controlled by real estate developer Sheldon H. Solow, is using the loan to refinance the building, cashing out $485 million of equity in the process.

In an unusual move, Fannie Mae has obtained credit ratings for eight previously unrated tranches of five Connecticut Avenue Securities transactions issued between 2012, when the program was launched, and 2015.

Many lenders are still reluctant to give mortgages to borrowers with less-than-pristine credit, yet such loans are far more likely than prime jumbo loans to be bundled into collateral bonds. Sreeni Prabhu of Angel Oak Capital credits banks' behavior and higher interest rates for that reality.

Fitch has taken a slightly dimmer view of Midland Loan Services' ability to workout distressed commercial mortgages.

Angel Oak Capital's second securitization of nonprime residential mortgages brought its funding costs down significantly, helped by the addition of some new investors.