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  • ASR_housing0808
    RMBS
    Ellington marketing $258M nonprime RMBS of alt-doc mortgage originations

    Sixty percent of the loans were underwritten with just 12- or 24-month bank statements, according to ratings agency reports.

    By Glen Fest
    November 5
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    CMBS
    Another conduit pool gets a slice of $1B Grand Canal Shoppes loan

    The $50.4 million participation is the largest loan in UBS' next $807.3 million commercial mortgage securitization.

    By Glen Fest
    October 15
  • ASR_AUSRMBS1015
    RMBS
    Australian affordable-housing lender taps U.S. RMBS market

    RESIMAC Bastille Trust RESIMAC Series 2019-1NC is an Australian-dollar (AUD) $1 billion transaction (approximately US$674.5 million) that will feature a US$250 million Class A-1 tranche of notes, according to Fitch.

    By Glen Fest
    October 15
  • Freddie Mac
    GSEs
    Freddie using REMIC format for $589M CRT offering

    A year after Fannie Mae launched its first credit-risk transfer securitization using a real estate mortgage investment conduit, Freddie is now electing to also opt for a REMIC format in offloading the credit risk to private investors.

    By Glen Fest
    October 10
  • ASR_midtowncenter101019
    CMBS
    New $317M SASB deal features Fannie Mae HQ building

    The developer of the newly constructed Washington, D.C., headquarters for Fannie Mae is securitizing part of its $525 million, 10-year mortgage through a single-asset, mortgage-backed transaction.

    By Glen Fest
    October 10
  • ASR_warehouse1007
    CMBS
    Blackstone's $5.6B CMBS largest single-borrower deal since crisis

    BX Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-XL, via Citigroup, features 11 note classes backed by a floating-rate, first-lien mortgage on 406 Blackstone-owned properties with a tenant roster of over 2,000 lessees — including Home Depot, UPS, FedEx and Amazon.

    By Glen Fest
    October 7
  • ASR_amazonciti1113
    CMBS
    Facebook office tower expansion leads Barclays CMBS deal

    A Silicon Valley mega-office-tower complex that is home to both Amazon and Facebook corporate offices is making another appearance in a conduit commercial mortgage-loan securitization.

    By Glen Fest
    August 28
  • asrwework0819
    CMBS
    WeWork taps CMBS market to finance S.F. office acquisition

    The collaborative workspace officer provider, which filed for its IPO last week, will be securitizing a $240 million loan used in the purchase of the San Francisco building where it leases space to member clients.

    By Glen Fest
    August 19
  • ASR_citirmbs0816
    RMBS
    Citigroup branches out into non-QM MBS market

    Citigroup's global markets realty arm is sponsoring a $362 million securitization of recently originated high-balance, nonagency mortgages, a change of pace from its recent focus on RPL deals.

    By Glen Fest
    August 16
  • Cedarbrooke Apartments
    Multifamily
    Greystone issuing third CRE CLO of multfamily bridge loans

    All of the loans were originated by Greystone, an investment group based in New York that originated multifamily and health care facility loans for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the FHA and various commercial mortgage-backed securities.

    By Glen Fest
    August 13
  • ASR_Bravo0805
    RMBS
    PIMCO’s non-QM securitization includes called collateral

    PIMCO is resecuritizing a large swathe of mostly non-qualified home loans that were previously bundled in 2016-2017 mortgage-backed securities, according to presale reports.

    By Glen Fest
    August 5
  • ASR_OneBryant801
    CMBS
    BofA refinancing $1.6B debt on One Bryant Place high-rise

    Bank of America is tapping the commercial mortgage-backed securities market to refinance the debt on its namesake Manhattan office building, providing BofA and building co-owner The Durst Company with a hefty cash-equity payout.

    By Glen Fest
    August 1
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    RMBS
    Angel Oak adds $559M deal to non-QM RMBS pipeline

    Angel Oak Mortgage Trust 2019-4 involves 1,551 loans, according to ratings agency presale reports. Nearly 84% of the loans have borrowers who do not meet the CFPB’s qualified mortgage standard.

    By Glen Fest
    July 29
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    Report: New York destined as new king of PACE funding

    While property assessed clean energy financing slows elsewhere (especially California), a renewables push through both NYC and state measures may turn the Empire State into a new focal point for PACE.

    By Glen Fest
    July 23
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    RMBS
    Jefferies turns to warehouse securitization to fund GSE-eligible loans

    Jefferies is housing the initial round of $300 million in loans under a repurchase agreement with four lenders, as well as with the trust established for the transaction in Jefferies’ standing as the repo seller.

    By Glen Fest
    July 22
  • ASR_rentalhouse0701
    RMBS
    Invictus returns with $368.9M investor-property RMBS

    Verus Securitization Trust 2019-INV2 is backed by investor loans secured by 1,042 rental properties. The loans were originated by 76 different lenders.

    By Glen Fest
    July 16
  • ASR_sprint0716
    CMBS
    Sprint HQ's lease-buyback deal to be financed via large-loan CMBS

    Occidental Management is sponsoring a single-asset, single-borrower deal through JPMorgan backed by the fee simple interest from receivables of a lease-buyback arrangement with Sprint Corp.

    By Glen Fest
    July 16
  • ASR_housing0808
    GSEs
    Fitch applies upgrades to Fannie/Freddie CRT deals

    Despite rising delinquency levels, borrower performance on the underlying mortgages in GSE credit-risk transfer securitizations is strong enough to warrant ratings upgrades to more than half of nearly 1,200 outstanding note classes.

    By Glen Fest
    June 28
  • ASR_investorhousing0626
    RMBS
    Blackstone unit sponsors $264.4M investor-property RMBS

    The deal is backed by an underlying pool of 1,724 fixed-rate mortgages originated by Blackstone-owned Finance of America Mortgage.

    By Glen Fest
    June 26
  • ASR_seniorcare0625
    CMBS
    Senior-care properties part of Colony Capital's $1B CMBS

    The publicly traded real estate investment firm is backing the securitization via Citi with 156 properties in 28 states.

    By Glen Fest
    June 25
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