Most of the major MBS investor groups added to their holdings during the second quarter of 2018, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. [Includes two data charts.]
Changes made by the Dodd-Frank reform bill, along with other legislative proposals and government actions, would have mixed credit impact on ABS backed by student loans, said Moody’s Investors Service.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency and Treasury Department have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to not entertain a rehearing in the Collins v. FHFA government-sponsored enterprise shareholder case.
Originations of interest-only mortgages increased in the second quarter, but not enough to move production ahead of the pace set halfway through 2017, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. A group of 15 lenders originated $5.08 billion of IOs in the second quarter, a 25.2 percent increase from the previous period. Through the first six months of the year, the lenders had $9.13 billion of IO originations ... [Includes one data chart]
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