Richmond's mayor said the new rehabilitation program can be completed in addition to eminent domain. However, significant opposition to ED from mortgage industry participants appears to have changed how the city plans to implement its latest plan.
The only sector that has a higher securitization rate is the government-insured market, where Ginnie Mae production represented 98.5 percent of FHA and VA lending.
Servicers would face annual government certifications and biennial examinations by the new regulator/insurance fund. Minimum operational and management standards would be created for internal controls, recordkeeping, audit systems, and reporting, to name just a few.
For lenders that contribute at least 15 percent of the loans included in an issuance, Fitch said it will conduct an enhanced operational review of the lender’s origination program and underwriting guidelines.
The Fed has promised to “taper” its MBS and Treasury investments in the months ahead, but with MBS issuance on the decline because of falling originations, the central bank likely will maintain or even increase its market share of purchases.
How does the Johnson-Crapo bill favor senior preferred shareholders? The language notes that when assets in Fannie and Freddie are eventually sold, the idea is to “maximize the return for the senior preferred share-holders of the enterprises”…
Credit Suisse teamed with New Penn Financial to issue another jumbo mortgage-backed security at the end of February, the latest in a unique partnership. The $297.36 million issuance received a AAA rating with credit enhancement of 8.85 percent for the top-rated tranche. Some 13 lenders contributed to the deal, with 74.2 percent of the mortgages originated or acquired by New Penn, according to a final rating report by DBRS (no presale reports were issued). Standard & Poor’s ...
The Structured Finance Industry Group this week requested a 60-day extension of the comment period for revisions to Regulation AB proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC re-proposed part of its so-called Reg. AB2 rule on Feb. 25 and comments are currently due March 28. Richard Johns, the SFIG’s executive director, said the SEC’s proposed approach for disclosures on non-agency mortgage-backed securities is largely ... [Includes four briefs]
The five largest REIT MBS investors all reported double-digit drops during the final three months of 2013, while the mid-range companies generally had smaller declines and three smaller firms actually grew their portfolios.
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