It was the group’s lowest MBS portfolio valuation since the fourth quarter of 2011.

The application of capital requirements to MBS and other structured finance products in the coming years will likely trump any typical collateral analysis investors currently consider, according to analysts at Standard & Poor’s. In a report published late last week, the analysts said global capital requirements have the potential to become impediments to providing financing via securitized products. “Of particular investor focus recently are...

Moody’s Investors Service late last week proposed changes to how it rates commercial MBS. The rating service, which has been lagging in rating the type of deals subject to the revision, said the changes will result in upgrades and more positive treatment of loans with high loan-to-value ratios. Moody’s proposed to recalibrate its benchmark LTV ratios and “refine” how adjustments are made to benchmark LTV ratios. The proposal would allow for lower subordination requirements. The changes would apply to ratings of multi-borrower large loan commercial MBS and single asset/single borrower commercial MBS. “The main objective of the proposed changes for North American securitizations is...

MGIC recently pointed to lenders using piggyback structures to avoid PMI as a potential headwind to future earnings...

The cover bids on some past Freddie NPL pools have been in the mid-70s to low 80s (on the dollar) as a percentage of the unpaid principal balance.

When a nonbank unveils a nonconforming product that can’t be securitized the first question we ask is this: where will the loans ultimately reside?

The sharp increase in purchase-mortgage lending during 2Q helped float the private MI boat higher.

Historically, the turn time for the Income Verification Express Service program has been around two business days or less. Not anymore.

Is the bulk MSR market in the doldrums?

Overall, delinquencies remained below levels seen a year ago...