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Our Structured Finance Spectrum covers hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features shifts in loan-on-loan financing, the legacy of Bowie Bonds, and the return of the public RMBS deal.

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What Happened? On October 16, 2025, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (collectively, the “bank regulators”) announced that they intend to rescind the interagency Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions (“Climate Principles”). Why Does it Matter? […]

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What Happened? On June 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, with an immediate effective date, California Assembly Bill 130, a significant housing bill that, notably renders certain mortgage servicer conduct an unlawful practice in connection with subordinate lien mortgage loans, including, among others, not providing the borrower with any communication regarding the […]

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What Happened? On June 26, Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) Director William Pulte told Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the “government sponsored entities”) to draft policies that would consider a borrower’s cryptocurrency holdings as reserves or assets when qualifying for a mortgage, without requiring borrowers to convert those holdings into U.S. dollars, and cryptocurrencies under […]

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The latest edition of the Consumer Finance State Roundup highlights recently enacted measures of potential interest from three states: Arkansas: House Bill 1184, which we expect to take effect on or about August 8, amends the Fair Mortgage Lending Act, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 23-39-501 et seq., to address the use of mortgage trigger leads. […]

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The latest edition of the Consumer Finance State Roundup highlights recently enacted measures of potential interest from two states: California: Effective January 1, California Assembly Bill 3108 addresses mortgage fraud. Previously, California law defined “mortgage fraud” to include, in connection with a mortgage loan transaction, filing with the county recorder any document that the person […]

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What Happened? On December 9, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking(“ANPR”), seeking stakeholder input regarding amending the definitions of “identity theft” and “identity theft report” in Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). Specifically, the CFPB is proposing to expand the definition of “identity theft” […]

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