Fitch Ratings revised its rating outlook for Select Portfolio Servicing from negative to stable, citing a new owner for the nonprime servicer and other factors.

The $274.5 million issuance of residential transition loans was oversubscribed nearly five times.

The criteria are looser than Fitch’s previous standards. The updates include higher penalty on mortgages with DSCR below 0.75x and an expanded modification outcome scenario to derive total loss severities to second-lien collateral.

Rocket is set to issue its second consumer loan ABS; Golub Capital issues rare long-duration CLO; large jumbo MBS from Chase; ratings performing as expected.

With issuance of data center securitizations booming, Fitch is ready to rate the asset class.

Fitch Ratings proposed changes to its rating criteria for non-agency MBS. If implemented, 10% of outstanding residential MBS ratings by Fitch will be upgraded.

Investors are showing strong demand for ABS that receive private ratings. The deals tend to carry bespoke terms driven by investors.

Researchers tracked ratings and defaults on non-agency MBS between 2013 and 2022, finding that Morningstar’s ratings were more conservative than ratings from the big three firms. However, Morningstar’s ratings produced more “false alarms” about potential defaults than the big firms.

GSE credit ratings; big pay raise for Freddie exec; FHFA tech sprinter dashes to better mortgage.

The Texas-based finance company’s $112.1 million nonprime auto ABS received an A- rating.