Subprime MBS cases continue to haunt Wall Street…

Some GSE observers believe an “implicit” guaranty is the same thing as an “explicit” one…

Reducing subsidies also would help renew private sector participation in the secondary market, the Congressional Budget Office believes…

The mortgages in the CRT deal have seasoned for an average of 10 years and are serviced by Select Portfolio Servicing.

Fitch had a 55.3 percent share of the ABS ratings market through September...

Fitch said AMC’s market share of due diligence on non-agency MBS was boosted by the acquisition of JCIII & Associates a year ago.

Treasury controls the senior preferred stock of the GSEs. The junior preferred and common continues to trade in the over-the-counter market and through private transactions. The latter two classes of stock are considered speculative in nature.

For the first nine months of 2016, the securitization rate was 67.7 percent, Inside MBS & ABS found…

A little less than $10.0 billion in prime non-agency MBS will be issued in 2016, according to estimates by Inside Nonconforming Markets.

The Congressional Budget Office is looking for ways to reduce the budget impact of government-backed mortgage programs and recommends that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase their guarantee fees and/or significantly lower their loan limits. But the CBO admits those changes would result in raising the cost to borrowers and could potentially restrain the housing market. Under CBO scorekeeping, MBS guarantees provided by the two government-sponsored enterprises from 2017 to 2026 will cost the government $12 billion. Reducing subsidies also would help renew private sector participation in the secondary market, the CBO said. It proposes...