Class F of LBCommercial Conduit Mortgage Trust's multiclass pass-through certificates, series 1995-C2, has been downgraded from B-plus to B-minus by Fitch Ratings.Fitch also affirmed the AA rating on class E of the transaction. The downgrade was attributed to expected losses on two of the three specially serviced loans in the pool, both of which are real estate owned. The REO assets (30% of the pool) are secured by full-service hotels in Fort Worth, Texas, and losses are expected on both of them, Fitch said. "The pool has become more concentrated by loan size and property type, with the top five loans representing 75% of the pool and hotels representing 98%," the rating agency said.
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The increasing frequency and severity of droughts was top of mind for panelists at AmeriCatalyst's "Going to Extremes" conference Thursday.
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In a Senate hearing, Director Sandra Thompson said a raise to the required income threshold provided to affordable housing was on the table, while housing regulators also faced questions related to property insurance hikes and title insurance waivers.
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The nonpayment rate for non-qualified mortgages is up 21 basis points from February and 134 basis points from March 2023, Morningstar DBRS said.
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The government mortgage-bond guarantor will require additional information on foreclosure prevention actions, and retire some forbearance reporting.
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But views are split, at least in the near-term on whether rising mortgage rates are holding back the Spring home purchase season.
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The top five producers had an average dollar volume of FHA loans of more than $50 million in 2023.
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