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Inside MBS & ABS

December 1, 2006

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Commercial Banks Shed Some Mortgage Securities During 3rd Quarter, But Industry Holdings Still High

Despite some heavy selling by major bank holding companies, the commercial banking industry still held a hefty $934.0 billion of mortgage securities in portfolio at the end of the third quarter.Four major bank MBS investors dumped a combined... [Includes three charts] Read More

Fannie Sponsors a Non-Agency MBS Backed by SunTrust Subprime Loans

Fannie Mae is testing out a new role in the non-agency MBS market, sponsoring a subprime securitization issued through one of Bear Stearns’ major securitization shelf registrations. The government-sponsored enterprise purchased $185 million of... Read More

Rating Services Incorporate Reg AB Compliance in Servicer Evaluations

The significance of Regulation AB’s new requirements for servicers prompted some rating services to announce this week that they will incorporate the regulation’s requirements into their reviews of servicers. Servicers need to attest compliance with Reg AB by... Read More

Mortgage Securitization Rates Hold Steady in 2006, Burst of Home-Equity Lending Stays in Portfolio

Mortgage securitization rates remained steady during the third quarter, with just over two of every three new home loans being funneled into the MBS market. According to a new analysis by Inside MBS & ABS, 67.2 percent of new mortgages... [Includes one chart] Read More

China is Changing Its Securities Investment Strategy, But Analysts See Little Concern for U.S. MBS Market

When Zhou Xiaochuan speaks, people listen, especially in the securities world. He is the governor of the People’s Bank of China and oversees the country’s investment policies, which include holdings of $1.078 trillion of MBS securities as of June 30, according to the... Read More

Privacy Issues Among the Many Pains Felt by Secondary Market in Evolving Landscape

Loan sellers and due-diligence firms are trying to get their arms around the issue of privacy – and they are taking new steps to safeguard personal data. But juggling the demands of file reviews with the need to protect data hasn’t proved easy. That was the message... Read More

OFHEO Keeps Conforming Loan Limit at $417,000; Decision Unlikely to Affect Non-agency MBS Market

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight announced this week that the conforming loan limit would remain unchanged, at $417,000, in 2007, and that a modest decrease will be factored into any adjustment in the Fannie/Freddie limit for 2008. With jumbo... Read More

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