Non-agency MBS hit the market ahead of Thanksgiving; rating upgrades possible with new commercial MBS methodology at Moody’s; timeshare securitization performance stable; Fitch extends comment period for proposed criteria to rate shipping container ABS; California launches tobacco-settlement securitization.
Nearly $4.0 billion of non-agency MBS with mortgages for investment properties was on offer in the past two weeks. Many of the deals are backed by GSE-eligible mortgages.
The consensus is that FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson wants to cut LLPAs, but if she does, how do the government-sponsored enterprises pay for it?
The regulator of the GSEs said it met most of its goals and subgoals for the past year. And once again, FHFA announced plans to significantly grow its staff.
Fannie Mae knows that the loans in its green programs aren’t necessarily super-green, but officials at the GSEs say incremental improvement in existing buildings is a major goal.
Ginnie Mae permits the use of eSignatures and remote online notarization for loan-modification agreements on paper mortgages. The agency received a thumbs-up from Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization.
Ocwen, which had plans to ramp up its clean-up calls of non-agency MBS, put the activity on hold following a pricing issue with Deutsche Bank, a trustee for the MBS.
S&P recently downgraded its view of home prices at the national level to overvalued from undervalued. How rating services view home prices plays a role in credit enhancement levels for non-agency MBS.
What’s with the amended repo transactions at Rocket and other companies? It could be a case of yearend housekeeping but originations and securitizations are expected to decline next year. Right?
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