Four firms are currently offering whole-business ABS. Two of the deals received ratings from both KBRA and S&P, though the rating services differed in their assessments.

New York-based fintech dv01 used highly focused geographic data to identify MBS investment opportunities.

In a new report, the Structured Finance Association said 2021 green auto ABS deals totaled $3.5 billion and detailed how rating services weigh emissions when considering ESG factors.

The new documentation process eliminates the need for recordation and title insurance, with certain exceptions, for servicers participating in FHA’s COVID-19-related advanced loan-modification program.

Margin requirements for trading GSE MBS are on the way; the Fed will end its stimulus-related purchases of agency MBS in March; JPM readies its largest jumbo MBS since 2016.

Fannie and Freddie have yet to release a date for their fourth-quarter results, but 4Q was likely a tad shy of 3Q. Credit stable interest rates and decent MBS volumes.

It wasn’t a pretty month for MBS trades. And with interest rates rising, the age-old question looms: Where do we go from here?

Six issuers offered expanded-credit MBS in recent days, ending a nearly 30-day pause in issuance. Loans in the deals have seasoned for longer than the turn times seen for prime non-agency MBS.

Fannie and Freddie issued essentially zero long-term debt in 2021, dramatically lowering their total outstanding debt.

The new Choice Lease program targets low- to medium-income individuals and is offering below market rents.