Agency MBS trading hit a yearly low in May. What lies ahead will be determined by the Federal Reserve. Will the central bank ease credit? And if so, what will happen to MBS prepayments?
In the MBS Grapevine this week: The lowest rates ever (maybe) and concerns about future GSE earnings from regulator Mark Calabria. Also, Ginnie Mae seeks committed capital.
U.S. Bank has sued Bank of America for breach of contract related to a nearly $2 billion pre-crisis residential MBS trust. Separately, HSBC has been given another shot at its lawsuit against Deutsche Bank.
The regulator has overturned disciplinary sanctions levied by the Public Com-pany Accounting Oversight Board against an auditor of Thornburg Mortgage, now defunct.
ARRC publishes details on how MBS and ABS linked to LIBOR can transition to a different reference rate. The fallback language applies to newly-issued deals.
MBS investors are keeping a close eye on the auction of Ditech Financial. The troubled nonbank is a top-ranked servicer of Ginnie Mae product. The biggest fear: The company will run out of cash.
Performance of the subprime auto ABS market is expected to decline, which likely will prompt higher credit-enhancement requirements from rating services.
Freedom Mortgage plans to buy RoundPoint Mortgage. But how will the corporate debt ratings of Freedom be affected? Fitch Ratings, for one, isn’t worried but the purchase price has not yet been publicly disclosed.
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