Priority Financial had sued New Residential for reneging on commitments to buy its production during the height of the pandemic. The company also filed similar charges against Angel Oak.
The economic effects of the pandemic have slowed refi activity for investment properties. That, in turn, has dampened prepayment speeds for 100% investment-property pools, Wells Fargo Securities said.
The New York Federal Reserve purchased $9.81 billion in agency MBS on Monday and Tuesday, in addition to $22.89 billion bought last week. It’s been nearly three weeks since it sold any of its MBS holdings.
The REIT’s plan to terminate its management agreement with PRCM “for cause” would let it off the hook from paying a $144 million termination fee. But PRCM isn’t going down without a fight.
The net asset value of the Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund dropped by 24% to $443 million as of March 31 from $584 million at the beginning of the year.