A mortgage loan repurchase facility (more casually referred to as a “repo”) is a financing structure commonly utilized to finance mortgage loans. These facilities are utilized by both residential and commercial mortgage loan...more
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As market participants prepare for the launch of the latest version of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”) program (“TALF 2.0”), two new developments provide greater clarity as to how the...more
6/2/2020
/ Asset-Backed Securities ,
Business Development Companies ,
DBRS ,
Financial Markets ,
FRBNY ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
KBRA ,
Loans ,
No-Action Letters ,
NRSRO ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SIFMA ,
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)
It's official. Risk retention became effective for residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) on December 24, 2015. Since the final rules (the “Rules”) were issued, there has been a lot of talk throughout the broader...more
Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act responded to concerns about the quality of mortgage loans by establishing incentives for lenders to seek to ensure that borrowers had the ability to repay mortgage loans made to them. In...more
1/16/2013
/ Ability-to-Repay ,
Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Damages ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Foreclosure ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Penalties ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Safe Harbors ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)