Kroll Bond Rating Agency is optimistic about ABS backed by marketplace consumer loans in 2019, expecting relatively low credit risk.

There has been a significant uptick in the re-performing loan market, including whole-loan sales and securitizations (some unrated), as more borrowers move from a nonperforming to re-performing status, according to a new analysis by credit rating agency DBRS.

Issuance of nonprime MBS got off to a strong start this year, maintaining the momentum established in 2018.

Redwood Trust is set to issue the first prime non-agency MBS the market has seen in more than a month. Issuance has all but grounded to a halt after October, but industry analysts expect more volume to flow following the Redwood deal.

After hitting a peak in 2018, new issuance of single-family rental securities will likely decline this year, according to industry analysts.

Production of new non-agency MBS fell sharply in the fourth quarter, ending a year that still set a post-crisis record for new issuance. [Includes three data charts.]

New mortgage- and asset-backed securitiza-tion production totaled $1.504 trillion in 2018, the lowest annual output in five years, an exclusive new analysis by Inside MBS & ABS reveals. [Includes three data charts.]