Total points and fees may not exceed 3 percent of the total loan amount for loans of $100,000 or more.

Nearly $1.0 billion in non-agency MBS was included in the rating action by Fitch.

The sale and transfer must first be approved by Freddie and its regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Ocwen, which is in the process of liquidating its massive agency MSR holdings, is a subservicer to HLSS.

In case you’re wondering, Ocwen services roughly $208 billion of non-agency product.

Almost 71 percent of residential loans originated last year were funneled into mortgage securities. In 2013 the securitization rate was 78.5 percent.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s update to Regulation AB won’t prompt many issuers to change whether they issue deals in the public market or private market, according to industry participants. After the so-called Reg AB2 takes effect, issuers of SEC-registered MBS and ABS will have to disclose more information. The regulation includes an exemption for 144A private placements, which could provide a way for issuers to avoid the SEC’s disclosure requirements. At the recent ABS Vegas conference sponsored by the Structured Finance Industry Group and Information Management Network, many issuers indicated....

AAMC said that while at BofA, Ellison was “the executive leading the team that managed the valuation and disposition of Bank of America’s legacy mortgage loan portfolio.”

Credit enhancement levels for commercial MBS increased in the last quarter of 2014, which could lead to higher credit-support requirements for 2015 CMBS deals, according to Fitch Ratings. “The rating agencies are increasing credit enhancements on each tier of the CMBS bonds being offered because the underwriting has become more aggressive or the collateral is weak,” said Stephen Renna, president and CEO of the CRE Financial Council (CREFC), an industry trade group. The requirement for more credit support on the conduit deals shows...