The Community Home Lenders of America is pushing for Congress to create a cash window for deliveries to Ginnie Mae. Former Ginnie President Ted Tozer noted the agency’s charter doesn’t allow it to operate a cash window.

DBRS issued a new methodology to assess ABS issuance of loans tied to fine art and collectibles. There’s a growing interest in fine art lending among borrowers, lenders and potentially ABS investors.

MCT and Mr. Cooper teamed up on a white paper explaining the nuances of co-issue MSR sales.

A pending proposal led by the Federal Reserve could see big banks facing higher capital requirements on their holdings of securities classified as available-for-sale.

The federal government’s new income-driven repayment plan, introduced after the Supreme Court decision, should drive prepayments higher to the benefit of seasoned deals, rating services said.

Ashford Hospitality Trust, a Dallas-based REIT, says handing back the keys on 19 hotels will cut the company’s debt by about $700 million, a reduction of more than 18%.

Issuance of single-family rental securitizations started in late 2013. And now Fitch Ratings is prepared to assign ratings in the sector.

Ratings for securitizations of residential transition loans are in the works following the issuance of a handful of unrated deals.

The Federal Reserve says that lessons learned from the last round of quantitative tightening will allow the process to be faster this time.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust lodged a competing bid for Western Asset Mortgage Capital; Fannie, Freddie, Ginnie added to MBS disclosures; RMF sold some reverse mortgage MSRs.