Ladder Capital and Colony Credit Real Estate recently sold assets at a loss in an effort to increase liquidity.

The collateralized loan obligation market has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic as it sees a tidal wave of issuer downgrades.

Following pressure from industry participants and lawmakers, the Federal Reserve added legacy commercial MBS and CLOs to the TALF. Industry is hoping that eventually non-QM assets might be covered.

With markets reeling from the impact of the coronavirus, trade groups have called for the suspension of the mark-to-market accounting rule.

Commercial mortgage REITs are coming under pressure due to investor concerns and liquidity issues triggered by COVID-19.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust filed a lawsuit to stop Royal Bank of Canada from selling commercial MBS the company is a counterparty to. The bank for now has decided to postpone the auction.

On the same day that the Federal Reserve bought its first $1 billion in agency multifamily MBS, it purchased more than $41 billion in agency single-family MBS.

Delinquencies in commercial MBS loans are likely to jump due to the economic impact arising from the COVID-19 outbreak, with hotels and malls likely to be the early casualties.

Retail commercial MBS was already out of favor before the coronavirus, which has worsened the problems facing the sector.

DoubleLine is boosting investments in securitized products. The firm recently raised close to $1 billion for a fund aimed at MBS and ABS.