Issuers are having difficulties sourcing assets and are facing widening spreads. Investors are still largely supporting issuance, with many eyeing esoteric assets.

As interest rates increase, the value of outstanding expanded-credit MBS declines. Investors are responding by demanding higher spreads for new issuance, putting pressure on issuers.

Issuance of vehicle ABS saw a healthy 10% increase in the third quarter of 2026, but the business sector recorded a 41% decline as securitization of data centers, fiber-network and aircraft finance faltered. (Includes three data tables.)

Fitch Ratings has called for feedback on how alternative credit scores could affect its MBS rating framework.

While rising interest rates reduced valuations of agency MBS portfolios, the higher rates are also driving demand for new issuance.

The VeriCORE registry will digitize the transfer of consumer loans to reduce data fragmentation across assets and offer enhanced transparency among ABS participants.

SEC guidance exempting certain data center securitizations from risk-retention requirements has prompted concerns from investors regarding the data center market and the possibility that other issuers will seek exemptions from risk-retention requirements.

If there’s an AI bubble that bursts, the impact on the ABS market will largely be contained, according to Fitch Ratings.

A strong flow of jumbo mortgages and GSE-eligible loans helped boost non-agency MBS issuance in the third quarter. (Includes three data files.)

Ginnie Mae is steadily updating its outdated systems and processes, agency President Joe Gormley said.