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The transaction features a pool of non-qualified mortgages with a higher-than-average delinquency rate driven by COVID-19 relief plans.

The Swiss banking giant is expected to set aside $850 million for litigation costs stemming from a long-running dispute with bond issuer over the sale of mortgage-backed securities.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s underserved markets plans usually cover a three-year period, but their terms have been shortened due to the pandemic.

When the Uniform Residential Loan Application transition deadline hits on March 1, a data set within Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter Program, which many lenders have used for a host of functions, will no longer be supported and unprepared lenders could later experience disruption.

The first commercial mortgage securitization is backed by eight recently acquired garden-style apartments in five states.

The largest U.S. shopping center became delinquent on its debt last year after its owner Triple Five Group began skipping mortgage payments, citing hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The regulator's demands for ending the action were excessive, Ocwen claimed.

The company had canceled its planned pricing of the deal at the end of October over stock market volatility.

While the balance of newly delinquent loans fell by 50% from November, the ratings agency warned that many borrowers will likely struggle to bring loans current under ongoing pandemic conditions.

Reports indicate distressed owners would rather surrender their hotel or retail properties instead of negotiate workouts on delinquent loans as the pandemic spread carries on.