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.

New rules on NPL/RPL sales appear to address Congressional criticism of these programs, but FHFA data may belie those complaints.

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization released its private-label residential MBS specifications, aimed at making it easier for ratings services to review MBS.

A-paper nonbanks searching for an origination life raft have discovered second liens. And now some top-ranked non-QM shops are ready to enter the arena, like Angel Oak.

The new connections and funding are designed to make the loan trading platform available to more sellers, particularly those that focus on agency business.

A proposal from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners gives NAIC wide discretion in assessing ratings on MBS and ABS.