The $210.45 million mortgage-backed security Angel Oak Capital Advisors issued earlier this month had the tightest execution of any MBS backed by non-qualified mortgages, according to Sreeni Prabhu, Angel Oak’s co-CEO and CIO. “We believe investors like Angel Oak’s vertically integrated issuer model,” Prabhu said. “This is unique in the marketplace and offers them a ‘pure play’ exposure to Angel Oak’s origination and underwriting capabilities.” ... [Includes six briefs]

Bipartisan Flood Bill Introduced in Senate. The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will soon consider a bipartisan bill introduced this week that would keep the National Flood Insurance Program funded for six more years and create new risk mitigation procedures for communities to follow.Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-ID, and ranking Democrat Sherrod Brown, OH, said the bill would serve as a template for consideration by the whole committee. The Senate bill does not include core provisions in the House version, including the development of a private flood insurance market to complement the NFIP. In addition, the bill does not call for cuts in the reimbursement rate for Write-Your-Own flood-insurance carriers that service NFIP policies. However, amendments are likely, according to Crapo and Brown. Meanwhile, the ...

The non-agency MBS market is off to what looks like one of its best years in terms of new issuance since the financial crisis, according to a new analysis by Inside MBS & ABS. A total of $15.30 billion of non-agency MBS were issued in the second quarter, representing a gain of 13.4 percent from the first three months of 2017. That brought year-to-date production to $28.80 billion, a 32.0 percent increase over the first half of 2016. As has been the case since 2009, most of the new production has been...[Includes three data tables]

Wells Fargo’s recent maneuver to hold back funds on vintage non-agency MBS subject to clean-up calls could have broader implications for the market, according to industry analysts. Other trustees appear likely to follow the lead set by Wells, which could limit clean-up calls by servicers. In June, Wells withheld $94.3 million in funds from investors in 20 non-agency MBS that were subject to clean-up calls by New Residential Investment. The deals in question are the subject of a lawsuit involving MBS investors alleging that Wells failed to perform its duties as trustee. Wells disputed the charges and withheld the funds to cover potential litigation costs. Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said...

Federal Housing Finance Agency lawsuits over pre-crisis non-agency MBS are winding down with one of the last holdouts, Royal Bank of Scotland, reaching a settlement this week for $5.5 billion. In 2011, the agency filed charges against 18 issuers and underwriters alleging securities law violations and fraud regarding non-agency MBS sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. JP Morgan Chase settled for $4.0 billion, Deutsche Bank for $1.9 billion and Goldman Sachs for $1.2 billion. Most of the cases were settled in 2013 and 2014. The two government-sponsored enterprises purchased...

The MBS and ABS market was a mixed bag in terms of new issuance during the second quarter, as overall production was down slightly from the beginning of the year, according to a new analysis by Inside MBS & ABS. A total of $430.98 billion of single-family MBS, non-mortgage ABS and commercial-property securitizations was issued in the second quarter, down 2.6 percent from the first three months of the year. That pushed year-to-date issuance to $873.47 billion, up 8.1 percent from the first six months of 2016. Single-family MBS accounted for a hefty 75.1 percent of total issuance so far in 2017, with non-mortgage ABS (13.2 percent) and commercial MBS (11.7 percent) making up the rest. But single-family turned...[Includes three data tables]

Near the end of the second quarter, Credit Suisse resumed its activity in the non-agency MBS market after a lengthy pause. In May, the investment bank unveiled a $91.18 million deal backed by seasoned FHA loans. That was followed by a $393.97 million issuance backed by seasoned mortgages at the end of June. Credit Suisse marked its return to the jumbo MBS market in June – not as an issuer but as a depositor – lending its shelf registration to American International Group for a $511.98 million MBS. The bank faced...

Issuance of nonprime mortgage-backed securities skyrocketed in the second quarter, and analysts anticipate that the market is set for more growth. A total of $1.08 billion of MBS backed by newly originated nonprime mortgages was issued in the second quarter of 2017, according to Inside Nonconforming Markets. It was the strongest post-crisis quarter for the sector, which has been percolating since the second half of 2015. Issuance in the April-June cycle ... [Includes one data chart]

Issuance of prime non-agency mortgage-backed securities cooled off somewhat in the second quarter of 2017 after a relatively strong showing in the previous period. Three deals totaling $1.88 billion were issued in the second quarter, a 27.6 percent drop from the first three months of the year, according to Inside Nonconforming Markets. However, activity in the first half of this year outpaced the first half of 2016, as the dollar volume of issuance was ... [Includes one data chart]

A unit of Angel Oak Companies issued its largest nonprime mortgage-backed security this week. The deal comes shortly after a significant amount of mortgages from Angel Oak were included in a separate nonprime MBS from Deephaven Mortgage. The $210.45 million Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC 2017-2 received AAA ratings from DBRS and S&P Global Ratings. Angel Oak has issued three other nonprime MBS, the largest of which was a $150.35 million transaction in 2015 ...