The application of capital requirements to MBS and other structured finance products in the coming years will likely trump any typical collateral analysis investors currently consider, according to analysts at Standard & Poor’s. In a report published late last week, the analysts said global capital requirements have the potential to become impediments to providing financing via securitized products. “Of particular investor focus recently are...

Moody’s Investors Service late last week proposed changes to how it rates commercial MBS. The rating service, which has been lagging in rating the type of deals subject to the revision, said the changes will result in upgrades and more positive treatment of loans with high loan-to-value ratios. Moody’s proposed to recalibrate its benchmark LTV ratios and “refine” how adjustments are made to benchmark LTV ratios. The proposal would allow for lower subordination requirements. The changes would apply to ratings of multi-borrower large loan commercial MBS and single asset/single borrower commercial MBS. “The main objective of the proposed changes for North American securitizations is...

The trajectory of delinquencies for U.S. timeshare ABS is continuing its downward trend, and issuance is expected to be near or perhaps even exceed last year’s level, with solid prospects for continued stable growth throughout the rest of the year, according to a consensus of industry analysts. U.S. timeshare ABS delinquencies fell again in the second quarter of 2015 to their lowest level in eight years, the latest index results from Fitch Ratings show. Total delinquencies for the second quarter were 2.66 percent, down from 2.79 percent in the first quarter and 2.92 percent a year ago. The ratings service has seen...

When a nonbank unveils a nonconforming product that can’t be securitized the first question we ask is this: where will the loans ultimately reside?

The cover bids on some past Freddie NPL pools have been in the mid-70s to low 80s (on the dollar) as a percentage of the unpaid principal balance.

loanDepot, LLC, made a big splash in the market this week, becoming the first nonbank lender to begin making ‘A’ paper second liens since the housing bust. The Irvine, CA-based lender fully expects it may soon have competition, but believes by being the first in, it will have a leg up on whichever players enter the fold. However, a quick call to a handful of nonbanks turned up...

Student loan debt is no joke in America – and mortgage bankers, in particular, know all about it, especially since it’s being singled out as the chief reason why some borrowers can’t afford to buy their first home. Each year, a new group of college graduates has to start figuring out how to pay off their student loans. There’s even a website dedicated to showing the national student debt in real time – roughly $1.2 trillion as Inside Mortgage Trends went to press – along with credit card debt and auto loans. Currently, 15 percent of mortgagors have...

Is the bulk MSR market in the doldrums?

HUD's Neighborhood Watch system is down, but this cabinet level agency has no explanations for the press or public

The private mortgage insurance industry had its best quarter since the housing market crash during the second quarter of 2015, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. Private MIs provided insurance on $60.51 billion of new single-family mortgages during the second quarter, a strong 33.7 percent increase over the first three months of the year. It was the biggest three-month output for the industry since the first quarter of 2008. The sharp increase in purchase-mortgage lending during the second quarter helped float...[Includes three data tables]