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Non-qualified mortgages account for 23.1% of the series 2026-7 pool, by balance, and 43.4% of the loans in the pool were made to investors for business purposes and are exempt from the Ability-to-Repay rules.
September 23 -
At the end of the draw term, HELOC borrowers have a repayment period ranging from 10 to 30 years, and customers cannot draw on the HELOCs during the repayment period.
September 22 -
Almost all five A1 tranches benefit from credit enhancement levels of 26.10%. The A1A tranche, however, has a credit enhancement level of 36.10%.
September 22 -
GDLP 2026-2 also has lower levels of initial credit enhancement compared to GDLP 2026-1, at 6.12% versus 5.74%; overcollateralization at 23.90% versus 24.92% and total gross excess spread of 5.55% versus 5.98%.
September 18 -
The current transaction has the largest collateral pool that the platform has issued all year, with 294 loans, and it has the highest percentage of conforming loans, at 45.1%.
September 10 -
Most of the A1 tranches, are expected to pay a coupon of 5.83%, except for the A-1 last-cash flow tranche, which is expected to pay 5.93%.
September 2 -
OBX 2026-AHC4 is expected to pay coupons ranging from 0.50% on the interest-only, exchangeable tranches to 6.30% on senior exchangeable notes.
September 1 -
The notes will be issued off of a pool of 3,525 first- and junior-lien revolving HELOCs that were recently originated. The deal will repay investors on the 25th of each month, and notes have a stated final maturity date of July 2056.
August 18 -
The structure contains seven tranches of class A notes, including two tranches for first cash flow and last cash flow, both initially exchangeable.
August 14 -
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.
August 5 -
The RMBS deal expects to pay coupons of 4.53% on the A1A through B4 notes, virtually all the notes in the capital structure.
July 27 -
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.
July 21 -
Figure Lending originated the HELOCs using the FICO 9 scoring model, which treats medical debt, rental payments and repaid collection accounts differently.
July 7 -
Expected coupons range from 5.66% on the AAA-rated A-1A tranche to 8.52% on the tranche rated B+.
July 1 -
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.
June 30 -
Of the alternative documentation used, bank statements looking back 12-23 months, accounted for 41.6% of that group.
June 29 -
Foundation had introduced Version 3 of its credit risk model, using the most recent delinquency data, to improve loan performance predictions.
June 24 -
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.
June 18 -
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%.
June 18 -
Aspire will raise $468.8 million from a pool of 917 residential mortgages, which are primarily fixed-rate.
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