Mortgage Securitization Rates Continue to Slide In 2004 as Surge in ARM Lending Reduces Volume
August 24, 2004
This year’s booming adjustable-rate mortgage lending environment appears to be taking a bite out of the amount of residential loans that are securitized.According to the latest analysis by Inside MBS and ABS, some 64.3 percent of the estimated $800 billion in new mortgages originated in the second quarter of 2004 were funneled into securities.