Investors continue their attraction to mortgage-related offerings, debt or otherwise. The latest firm to saddle up to the capital markets bar: Mr. Cooper.

With rates at rock bottom, LendingTree is selling $500 million worth of short-term corporate paper. Not bad for a loan broker.

Rating services are requiring higher credit enhancement levels and taking negative actions on outstanding deals due to problems stemming from the coronavirus. Fitch finalized new criteria for residential MBS late last week.

The bulk of loans from the July 6 Term ABS Loan Facility have gone to investors in legacy commercial MBS.

Mortgage industry vendors seem to have no trouble tapping the capital markets these days. The latest example: Fidelity National Financial.

The performance of ABS from marketplace lenders could take a harder hit from the pandemic than other types of MBS and ABS, said Fitch.

As the Federal Reserve works to get TALF up and running, industry participants hope more types of assets are added to the mix.

Auto ABS offerings returning to the market are being met with strong demand from investors, prompting deal sizes to be increased.

The coronavirus-triggered lockdown has prompted rating agencies to increase loss expectations for newly issued auto ABS.

A $200 million ABS backed by oil and gas assets closed this week while presale reports were published for four auto-backed transactions.