In her New Year’s message, CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger called on the agency to ensure that consumers are treated fairly and that “the marketplace is innovating.”

Since Nov. 21, investors have withdrawn a net $14.88B from the loan fund market amid concerns the Fed will limit rate hikes in 2019; the exodus makes loans even more of a buyer's market for CLOs.

Steven Kolyer, a 27-year veteran of law firm Clifford Chance, was recruited to build out the burgeoning practice advising lenders and arrangers in bridge-loan CRE financing.

Falling mortgage rates have reached the point where they are spurring speculation about a possible resurgence in refinancing.

This year saw elation over the rollback of risk retention for CLOs give way to concerns about leveraged lending, the 1st post-crisis downgrade of a subprime auto deal, the 1st AAA for commercial PACE, and much, much more.

Reduced bank lines and a major shipping firm consolidations in 2018 could lead to strengthened firms shifting to alternative capital in the debt markets next year.

The announcement rescinded the agency's earlier guidance issued to industry partners to suspend sales operations as a result of the current lapse in funding from Congress.

An effort to increase awareness of the transition to a new benchmark rate, and nudge banks to start preparing, is expected to intensify in 2019.

Nonbank lenders are gearing up for new secondary market requirements and must make some difficult choices about whether to buy, sell or hold mortgage servicing rights, says Ruth Lee, the executive vice president of MorVest Capital.

The single-family rental market could benefit from more consistent loan terms and expanded secondary mortgage market opportunities, Freddie Mac found in a preliminary test of expanded involvement in the sector.

Freddie Mac issued its first non-low-income housing tax credit forward commitment, providing financing for an affordable housing development in Minnesota.

After 10 years of conservatorship, the new year could finally usher in big steps toward housing finance reform.