Fitch Ratings has placed 188 tranches from 18 commercial real estate collateralized debt obligations, representing $8.4 billion in total, on Rating Watch Negative following a review in its surveillance methodology. Analysts at the rating agency wished to clarify that the CDOs are not technically CMBS deals, as described in a Jan. 16 item in MortgageWire, although the underlying collateral may be commercial mortgage-backed securities.
The fintech's Figure Connect private credit loan exchange has grown to account for 56% of total consumer marketplace activity in early 2026.
However, for the second quarter, increased home purchase mortgage activity contributed to an industry-wide 11% increase in agency securitizations, BTIG said.
OceanFirst Financial worked with an asset manager to apply the structure to a $1.5 billion portfolio of residential mortgages.
President Dhivya Suryadevara is leaving the company shortly after assuming the job, the latest move as the company attempts to recover from an earnings slump.
Counter to prevailing narratives about rules and enforcement activity whipsawing from one administration to the next, public citations by federal banking regulators have steadily declined over the past decade — under both Democratic and Republican administrations.
Flatworld Mortgage Solutions says its former vice president breached his employment agreements by soliciting its customers as he formed a rival offshoring firm.
