New MBS and ABS issuance was up slightly from the second to the third quarter of 2018 only because housing markets produced a modest gain in agency single-family business, according to a new analysis and ranking by Inside MBS & ABS. [Includes three data charts.]
Some participants in the MBS and ABS markets aren’t doing enough to prepare for the potential discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate, according to industry analysts.
Real estate investment trusts, searching for yield, are looking to expand their role in the non-qualified mortgage market, with an eye toward providing greater liquidity to nonbank originators.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders received a bit of good news late last week when a judge sided with them on one of their arguments against the government.
It appears – for now – that Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt will serve out the remainder of his term, despite a recent public airing of sexual harassment allegations levied against him by senior advisor Simone Grimes.
Despite the slowdown in the securitization of residential property assessed clean energy assessments, the market is in good condition because of its low credit risk and growing consumer protection, according to Morningstar Credit Ratings.
Securitization of re-performing loans has seen a significant uptick since more borrowers moved from nonperforming to re-performing status as a result of modifications and other loss-mitigation techniques, according to an analysis by DBRS.
Issuance trends for non-agency mortgage-backed securities stocked with newly-originated mortgages were mixed in the third quarter, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Issuance of prime non-agency MBS declined significantly on a sequential basis in the third quarter. And for the first time, expanded-credit MBS issuance volume topped prime non-agency MBS activity. Some $3.58 billion of expanded-credit MBS was ... [Includes one data chart]
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