Redwood Trust has priced a new stock offering that is aimed at increasing funding to new initiatives like investments in the single-family rental and multifamily sectors as well as routine business.
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The $502 million Diamond CLO represents the first securitization of small/medium enterprise loans since Blackstone in the second quarter relaunched a direct lending business.
August 21
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The transaction comes with a bigger prefunding account than the sponsor's prior deal, completed in 2015; the collateral is also more geographically diverse.
August 20
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Several states pledged to compensate for a slowdown in enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under Mick Mulvaney, but their efforts have been complicated by tight budgets and doubts over whether such initiatives are necessary.
August 20
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New investor appetite for mortgages over $1 million is motivating more nonbank lenders to offer super jumbo loans, often with weaker credit terms than traditional banks.
August 20
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The expiration of Annaly Capital Management's offer to purchase MTGE Investment Corp. was delayed until Sept. 7 so the two real estate investment trusts have more time to satisfy deal conditions.
August 20
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SUVs account for 41.3% of receivables backing HAROT 2018-3; that's up from 37.9% of Honda's prior deal and the first time exposure has increased since early 2017.
August 18
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Similar to the sponsor's prior transaction, however, the collateral includes a large portion of loans underwritten using bank statements to verify borrower income: 49%.
August 17
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., released a survey of lending practices that he said point to practices such as forced arbitration clauses and extracting a customer’s credit score to determine creditworthiness.
August 17
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Once refinanced, the $406 million Park Avenue Institutional Advisors CLO 2016-1 will be non-callable for two years and can be actively managed for up to five years.
August 17
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MountainView Financial Solutions is brokering a more than $3 billion package of Fannie Mae and government mortgage servicing rights originated primarily through third-party origination channels.
August 17
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The $449.2 million Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2015-1R is the 11th deal the global alternative asset manager has refinanced this year.
August 16
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Partly for this reason, Kroll expects losses on the transaction, PMIT 2018-2, to reach just 12.4% over the life of the deal, down from 13.4% for the previous transaction.
August 16
