Low loan-to-value ratios and structural features are protecting investors in non-qualified mortgage MBS.

loanDepot is preparing to issue a non-agency MBS stocked with scratch-and-dent mortgages.

Regulators are pushing higher capital requirements on banks and looking favorably at credit-risk transfer transactions, helping to increase CRT issuance. Investor demand for bank CRT is also outstripping supply.

Morningstar DBRS assigned a preliminary A rating to the deal that includes 370 short-term loans with a principal balance of $158.4 million.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is working to establish a process that would allow the regulator to alter the ratings assigned to certain MBS and ABS held by insurance companies.

A New York Federal Reserve study found that the secondary market loan sales could help boost capital at CDFI-approved lenders.

Fed stays course on MBS sales; SFA close to revising data tape for prime non-agency MBS; MBS on watch for rating upgrades by Fitch; subprime auto ABS impairments rise; commercial MBS delinquencies decline; Fannie sees tighter spreads for latest CRT; Morningstar not ready to give positive commercial MBS credit for “mass timber” construction.

Moody’s is reviewing two note classes as part of a downgrade review of the MBS due to an accidental loan prepayment disbursement.

Revised rating methodologies by DBRS and other rating services could lead to mortgages with private MI going into non-agency MBS.

The Structured Finance Association continues to push forward on revising the disclosures used with non-agency MBS. The revisions could lead to major changes in industry practices.