- American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH -1.4%) last night announced the resignation of CFO Peter Nelson "to pursue other career interests." The company hopes to follow Blackstone's (BX +1.4%) first-ever rental securitization with one of its own and reportedly last month hired Goldman to lead the deal.
- Speaking of Blackstone's rental securitization, rents collected on the collateral for that paper fell 7.6% from October to January, according to Morningstar. "Payments declined as expiring leases and early tenant departures left residences backing the bonds ... vacant," according to the report.
- Tied at least tangentially to single-family rentals are parts of Bill Erbey's empire, and it's struggling today following earnings reports from Altisource Asset Management (AAMC -7.2%) and Altisource Residential (RESI -5.8%). Others in the family: Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS -5.9%), Ocwen (OCN -1.3%), and Home Loan Servicing Solutions (HLSS -1.4%). A summary of how they fit together is here.
- Other single-family REITs: Silver Bay (SBY -0.9%), American Residential (ARPI), and Starwood Waypoint (SWAY -1.5%).