Issuance of non-agency MBS quadrupled in the first quarter, according to new figures compiled by Inside MBS & ABS. Firms selling securities include Ocwen and Nationstar.
“Private capital out there, here we come,” Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said this week. He was talking about pending risk-sharing pilot transactions between the government-sponsored enterprises and the non-agency market. The FHFA set a goal for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to each issue at least $30.0 billion in risk-sharing transactions this year. Those efforts were delayed in 2012 due to regulatory concerns, but DeMarco said the GSEs will soon issue such deals ...
It stands to reason that with non-agency jumbo mortgage-backed security issuance reviving to some degree, prices paid in the secondary market for jumbo whole loans are rising. Traders and jumbo consultants who play in the sector tell Inside Nonconforming Markets that prices for quality product are now above par, at 103. As recently as last fall, prices were in the 101 and 102 range, depending on the lender and the underlying collateral. “The market for whole loans is alive and well for ...
Bank of America agreed this week to pay $500 million to settle lawsuits from investors in non-agency mortgage-backed securities issued by Countrywide Financial in 2005 through 2007. If it receives judicial approval, the settlement on about $15.0 billion in non-agency MBS will be the largest-ever non-agency MBS class-action recovery. “After five years of hard-fought litigation, this record-breaking recovery is a tremendous result for MBS investors misled by Countrywide and ...
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