Angel Oak’s REIT saw its share price fall to a 52-week low of $8.73 a unit this week. The problem? Rising rates and a tough whole-loan market. Still, the non-agency MBS player has secured new financing.

Although the storm primarily caused flooding, auto ABS transactions are protected from extensive losses because of their robust structures and credit enhancement, S&P said.

High impairments and low cure rates in consumer loan ABS aren’t a sign of similar underperformance in other sectors, according to dv01.

SFA is seeking feedback on revisions to TRID Grid for residential MBS; timeshare ABS properties and borrowers are under evaluation following Hurricane Ian.

Ginnie Mae believes the year-plus implementation period should give potentially affected issuers enough time to plan and execute strategies for coming into compliance its new risk-based capital requirements.

Agency single-family MBS production continued to erode in the third quarter despite a modest pickup in purchase loans. Meanwhile, issuance fell sharply in the commercial MBS and ABS markets. (Includes three data charts.)

For the first time, Freddie Mac is attempting to buy back certain uneconomical STACRs without offering a premium.

Investors tend to buy mortgage REIT stocks for the dividends they pay. But the sector, overall, has suffered this year, thanks in part to the widening spread between Treasuries and MBS.

Delinquencies on auto ABS are now above pre-pandemic levels, while losses are approaching the same threshold. Still, rating services aren’t too concerned, noting used vehicle prices and unemployment levels.

The cocktail of recessionary risk and inflation is putting pressure on the performance of MBS and ABS. Some sectors will perform better than others.