Lenders, realtors, and appraisers are stepping up the fight against a particular way of financing the retrofitting of homes to make them more energy efficient.

Macy’s decision to shutter another 100 of its department stores could impact some $3.64 billion of securitized commercial mortgages, according to Morningstar Credit Ratings.

Europe’s speculative-grade corporate default rate is expected to rise slightly by next year amid lingering credit instability, slow economic growth and a growing concentration of companies in the lowest levels of junk-grade ratings.

Prosper Marketplace in San Francisco reported a $35 million loss in the second quarter, adding to the struggles of the entire marketplace lending sector

Arch U.S. MI's acquisition of United Guaranty Corp. will make one of the smallest private mortgage insurers the sector's new market leader. While the move is likely to ease pricing competition among the six remaining players, it's not expected to set off a wave of further consolidation.

DBRS named Nichola James as co-head of sovereign ratings. At the same time, Fergus McCormick, who had been head of sovereign ratings since 2010, will now be chief economist and co-head of sovereign ratings.

JPMorgan is taking a riskier route for its second jumbo prime mortgage loan securitization of 2016. Unlike the bank’s securitization of nonconforming fixed-rate loans in June, the assets backing the $434.1 million JPMMT 2016-2 transaction are exclusively adjusted rate mortgages. They also include a cross-section of loans not meeting qualified mortgage/ability-to-repay safe harbor protections.

American International Group agreed to sell mortgage insurer United Guaranty Corp. to Arch Capital Group as Chief Executive Peter Hancock works to simplify his company and free up capital to return to shareholders

Avant, the online lending platform based in Chicago, appears to be back in the good graces of capital markets investors.

The Commercial Real Estate Finance Council tapped Lisa Pendergast, a respected industry veteran, as its executive director.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through August 12, 2016.