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January 12, 2007

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Nonprime Mortgage Deals Push Non-Agency MBS Market to Second Best Year Ever in ‘06

Robust issuance of subprime and Alternative A securities boosted the non-agency MBS market to its second strongest year ever in 2006, with a total of $1.146 billion of new issuance, according to a new analysis by Inside MBS & ABS... Read More

Countrywide Maintains Huge Lead Among Non-agency MBS Issuers, Lehman Tops in Underwriting in 2006

Countrywide Financial remained the biggest issuer of non-agency MBS last year, producing more than twice as much as its nearest rival, according to a new ranking based on the Inside Mortgage Finance MBS Database... Read More

House Democrats and Bush Administration Appear to Close The Gap on Portfolio Issue in GSE Reform Deliberations

An apparent compromise over new regulatory authority over the retained portfolios of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may grease the skids for legislation that would reform oversight of the two government-sponsored enterprises... Read More

Slowing Demand, a More Inverted Yield Curve and Increased Volatility Will Challenge ’07 MBS Market

Rising interest rates and less bank appetite for mortgage securities could provide a more challenging environment for the MBS market in 2007, according to a new report by Barclays Capital. Interest rates will probably inch higher in the second quarter... Read More

Mortgage Firms Needing to Retain Loans Find a Risk Solution in Hybrid MBS/CDO Investments

Mortgage firms looking to support their net-interest margins as well as more tightly manage credit risk may have found help in synthetic risk transfers as an alternative to mortgage securitizations, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s... Read More

Lenders Toughen Underwriting Standards as Piggyback Delinquencies Rise, Analysis Finds

Mortgage lenders appear to be tightening up their underwriting standards for closed-end second lien loans, or “piggybacks,” as earlier vintages show increasing losses and delinquencies, according to a new market analysis by Dominion Bond Rating Service... Read More

40-Year Loans in Subprime MBS Less Risky Than IOs, Moody’s Says

Extended amortization products, such as 40-year mortgages, are gaining popularity within the subprime market, and Moody’s Investors Service recently announced a favorable stance on the products as well... Read More

Non-Agency MBS Activity in December

Three-page data chart from the Inside Mortgage Finance MBS Database.

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