The consumer price index ticked up last month, bolstering arguments about broad-based inflation and raising the odds of a rate hike next month.

The deal will raise about $175 million in securitized bonds, backed by a pool of residential investors loans (42.1%) and traditional small-balance commercial (SBC) mortgages.

Aqua Finance's credit enhancements include a sequential pay structure until the class A credit enhancement period is over.

Homeowners won't trade in their cheap mortgages so lenders keep finding other ways to reach that equity. Bond buyers keep showing up.

The new record arrives after five months of annual home-price growth, which surged to its highest in more than a year, according to ICE Mortgage Technology.

Despite the variety of loans in the pool, the vast majority of assets are considered qualified mortgages, with only 10.9% considered non-QM.

The July jobs report was bad, but the context is worse: people leaving the labor force, stubborn inflation and rising bond yields.

Near-term expectations for price growth fell in the latest consumer sentiment survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but remains above the central bank's target across all time horizons.

The current deal comes to market with a shorter revolving period and a smaller collateral pool, but other traits are similar to previous deals.

The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, but the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% all the same. The development could embolden both hawks and doves at the central bank.

The structure includes a stop-advance feature, which will prevent the servicer from providing scheduled interest and principal on loans that are 120 days or more delinquent.

The company's affiliate has been issuing non-QM deals that include a small percentage of second liens, some of which also involve alternative documentation.