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Federal Reserve officials who favor prioritizing mortgage-backed securities when they begin to scale back asset purchases have added Governor Christopher Waller to their ranks.

Approaching the market with its third and largest deal this year, non-QM originator and issuer Angel Oak Home Loans LLC (AOHL) plans to issue $303 million in asset-backed securities following the recent completion of its initial public offering.

The high court sent the case back to the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revisit whether the dispute can continue as a class action lawsuit.

The $1 billion mortgage securitization is smaller than several recent deals, and features modified mortgages. But subordination supports senior notes.

The transaction, FSMT 2021-4, is one of the trust’s largest deals in the last several years. Half of the mortgages are on properties located in California.

The deal was constructed under Angel Oak’s social-bond framework, in which the firm intends to use the proceeds to help finance residential loans for underserved borrowers.

The 30-acre luxury retail development is among four investment-grade-worthy loans included in the multiborrower deal.

A new commercial-mortgage loan for seven facilities operated by the self-storage REIT is the largest of 41 loans in the conduit deal.

More than two-thirds of the economists surveyed expect the Federal Open Market Committee will give an early-warning signal of tapering this year, with the largest number — 45% — looking for a nod during the July-September quarter.

Though the government-sponsored enterprises have some of the lowest forbearance rates in the market, they expect to contend with a significant population of borrowers who face steep financial setbacks after the pandemic ends.