Colony American Homes hired Beth O’Brien to lead its single-family lending unit, Colony American Finance.

Fitch Ratings will require additional credit enhancement on the 'AAA' rated tranches of residential mortage bonds backed by higher coupon qualified mortgage loans or non-qualified mortgage loans.

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are preparing a $1.2 billion commercial mortgage backed securities conduit, according to a presale report published by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

The Volcker Rule will cost U.S. national banks as much as $4.3 billion to implement, according to a study by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Hertz plans to issue a $400 million of bonds backed by fleet leases.

A growing number of borrowers are paying off their mortgage loans before their credit card debts, reversing a trend first seen in September 2008, according to a TransUnion study.

Citibank issued an additional $700 million from its reopened CCCIT 2014-A1 transaction.

Colony America Homes is marketing a $513 million securitization of single family rental homes, according to rating agency presale reports.

Housing shortages in U.S. energy boom towns have driven rents up to New York City levels; but don’t expect that to last too long, says Moody’s Investor’s Service.

Smaller banks

Investors plan bigger increases in their holdings of esoteric ABS than securities backed by consumer or ercial assets over the next 12 months, according to a survey of conducted by DBRS.