Securitization

Redwood Trust’s next mortgage-backed securitization consists almost entirely of older mortgages it originally sold off, but has since reacquired to assign to its first deal of the new year.

DBRS Morningstar's presale report raises concerns that the securitized loan for Onni Group's Wilshire Courtyard faces considerable risks from the business volatility of its largest tenant.

The $458.87 million HalseyPoint CLO1, via JPMorgan, is the first deal by the firm that was launched in May 2018 by two former Columbia Asset Management portfolio managers.

Fitch may use a new Structured Finance Association framework aimed at prioritizing only riskier TRID errors to assign grades to loans sold into residential mortgage-backed securities, reducing rating-related compliance burdens.

Issuance of Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities slipped after several months of gains, but high volume still pushed the year-to-date total for 2019 ahead of 2018’s full-year figure.

Star investor Jeffrey Gundlach and his team have generated strong returns by focusing on under-followed pockets of the market like mortgage securities, but his success may be hard to replicate.

As home value appreciation keeps churning, the share of those upside down on their mortgage grows smaller than ever, according to CoreLogic's Home Equity Report.

Blackstone Real Estate Partners is planning a $1.7 billion bond sale secured by a commercial mortgage loan that financed its newly acquired controlling interests in Great Wolf Lodge waterpark entertainment resort properties.

REIT Paramount Group is getting a $140M equity pay-out in a debt refinancing for the noted Broadway Theater district office tower, home to the Gershwin Theater and several prominent tenants.

The share of Department of Veterans Affairs-guaranteed loans in Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issuance rose to 42% in the most recent fiscal year from almost 39%, and could continue to rise.