Hensarling is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, which means any Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac reform bill must first go through his panel, whether he’s the author or not.

The Structured Finance Industry Group wants to make sure any housing-finance reform bill ensures continued liquidity in the MBS market. The Wall Street group recently penned a letter to Sens. Bob Corker, R-TN, and Mark Warner, D-VA, to give feedback on a draft version of the Senate bill.

Marketplace lenders participating in the ABS sector predict that issuance will increase this year due to strong demand from investors and an ample supply of new originations.

Citadel Servicing Corp., which has been working on its first MBS deal backed by non-qualified mortgages for six months, killed the transaction this week, industry sources familiar with the matter told Inside MBS & ABS.

Efforts to enhance disclosures on MBS and ABS in recent years have generated mixed results, according to industry participants. Inadequate disclosures helped contribute to the financial crisis, according to investors that suffered significant losses on MBS and ABS.

The agency MBS market continued to chug along in the fourth quarter of 2017, growing fast enough to offset the steady decline in non-agency product, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis.

The staff of Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, is putting the finishing touches on a plan to reform the nation’s housing-finance system, but several lobbyists and trade group officials question what impact the proposal will have.

The Urban Institute argues the FHFA’s thinking on alternative credit scores doesn’t go far enough…

A group of mortgage brokers released a scorecard this week categorizing 30 wholesale lenders as either “true partners” of brokers, “in the middle” or so-called whole-tail competitors that are seen as taking business away from brokers with their retail outlets.

As the Federal Housing Finance Agency continues to evaluate alternative credit scoring mechanisms, some experts argue that the agency isn’t doing enough to promote an updated scoring system while others say the current system works just fine.