Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae issued $102.48 billion of single-family MBS in January, a modest 6.9 percent downturn from the previous month, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS ranking and analysis.
Braddock Financial, a modest investment fund based in Denver, sees plentiful opportunities as a credit investor in a structured-finance market that officials think is still in the early stages of recovery.
Citadel Servicing’s foray into securitizing home loans that don’t meet the qualified-mortgage test is now slated for some time in March, after multiple delays, according to sources familiar with the company’s operations. The nonbank’s first nonprime deal is expected to be roughly $150 million.
The Federal Home Loan Banks may be required to jointly establish at least one entity to aggregate conventional mortgages and use a new government program to issue guaranteed MBS under draft legislation from Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN.
A subsidiary of Tesla issued its first ABS backed by auto leases this week and the electric car manufacturer plans to issue more deals going forward. The $608.1 million deal received AAA ratings from Moody’s Investors Service even though concerns were raised about various issues involving the transaction.
At yearend, 28.8 percent of FHA mortgages in Puerto Rico were in some stage of delinquency, including 15.8 percent that were 90 days or more past due. These ultra-high late-payment readings – courtesy of hurricanes Maria and Irma – have caught the attention of both Ginnie Mae and the FHA. …
Analysts are expecting private capital to play a much greater role in housing finance in 2018 through both non-agency MBS and additional credit-risk transfers from the government-sponsored enterprises, according to Standard & Poor’s.
The jumbo mortgage-backed security market received a boost this week as a new issuer stepped into the ring. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America is preparing to issue a deal this month, according to presale reports. TIAA, a multi-faceted enterprise with more than $1 trillion in managed assets, acquired EverBank in 2017 and rebranded the operations as TIAA, FSB. The bank is set to issue a $381.54 million jumbo MBS using EverBank’s MBS shelf registration ...