The notion that the single-family rental market can flourish whether the housing market is hot or struggling is being put to the test. Kroll Bond Rating Agency cautioned that upgrades of SFR securitizations will be limited in the near term.
Ginnie officials meet with government and private finance entities in Taiwan and South Korea; Chase hopes to use securitization to reduce capital requirements; Fitch downgrades PacWest’s credit-risk transfer deal; KBRA gives all clear on bank exposure in non-agency MBS.
CRT transactions from Western Alliance Bank and Pacific Western Bank face scrutiny amid bank failures; impairments on unsecured consumer loans in ABS decline; Credit Suisse and what’s to come.
Governance and social risks are the main ESG factors that affect credit ratings of MBS and ABS, while environmental relevance remains low, according to Fitch Ratings.
Initial estimates on Hurricane Ian-related losses; Biden administration limits student loan forgiveness on loans in ABS; Credit Suisse’s financial difficulties trickle down to an ABS.
Delinquencies on expanded-credit MBS are increasing but investors in the deals appear to be protected at the moment. A review of the sector by Fitch prompted many upgrades and no downgrades.
A study by the European Central Bank found evidence that rating services respond to their competitive environments by either inflating ratings or altering the strictness of their rating standards.
Moody’s increased its ratings of newly issued ABS by 36% during the first quarter, a period when total rated issuance was up 8%. Kroll remained the top rating service in non-agency MBS. (Includes two data charts.)