Issuance of home-improvement securitizations came in at $3.5 billion in 2023, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency. Some of that volume was in privately-rated deals that haven’t been disclosed to this point.
Huntington National Bank is in the market with its first auto ABS since 2016. The bank completed a credit-risk transfer transaction in late December involving a $3.0 billion pool of auto loans.
Purchasing Power partners with employers to offer employees funds for purchases of appliances, electronics and furniture. The firm doesn’t charge interest on the loans. Instead, prices on the items are marked up.
The SEC has finalized a rule prohibiting certain conflicts of interest in the securitization market. Industry participants are largely happy with changes in the final version of the rule.
VineBrook Homes is set to issue its first single-family rental securitization. Issuance in the sector ticked up in the third quarter after declining for more than a year.
Christopher Stanley, a security engineer at SpaceX, is the first member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to join a GSE board.
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