Rated ABS issuance was relatively flat in the second quarter. In the non-agency MBS market, rated production was buoyed by the surging home-equity sector. (Includes two data tables.)

FINRA received approval from the SEC to shorten reporting requirements for most trades of MBS and ABS from within 15 minutes to within one minute of a deal having transpired.

New rating criteria for securitizations of residential transition loans have helped increase uniformity across recent issuance.

Improved underwriting and consumer resiliency makes DoubleLine bullish on the consumer ABS market moving forward.

SFA restarted its RMBS Symposium event this week, with an agenda driven by issues under consideration at committees and task forces within the association.

Initial details on the planned re-proposal suggest that banks will benefit from the mortgage concessions by federal regulators.

ABS backed by home equity investments are offering unlevered returns in the low double digits. The first rated HEI ABS was issued in October and industry players are anticipating exponential growth.

Acra’s first-ever MBS is ready to hit the street. The company’s servicing platform, Citadel, will be the master servicer on the bond. More issuances are expected, but not until 2025.

A former Credit Suisse team has picked up where it left off with a new RPL MBS issued through Atlas Portfolio Partners.

Radian Mortgage Capital hopes to issue jumbo MBS every quarter starting next year. It is also eyeing non-QM issuance.