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February 9, 2007

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Tougher Policing of Primary Mortgage Market May Be Biggest Regulatory Challenge for MBS Business

The mortgage securitization business appears to have adjusted to new disclosure requirements – and there will always be accounting changes in the works – but the biggest regulatory challenge facing the market may be an ongoing federal and state crackdown in the primary... Read More

Endangered Mortgage Species Push Prime Non-Agency MBS Market to Its Second Highest Level Ever in 2006

Production of prime non-agency MBS dropped sharply in 2006, but the market still reached its second highest level ever – thanks in large part to the booming nontraditional mortgage business. A total of $584.71 billion of prime... [Includes two charts and one graph] Read More

Investors Ready to Trade in ARM MBS with New Hybrix Index, Market Gains Some Liquidity

Secondary market mortgage investors looking for a new way to generate profits from hybrid adjustable rate mortgage securities may find an answer in the Hybrix indexes. Markit, the London-based company behind the ABX indexes, has joined with CDS IndexCo, a... Read More

Originators Working to Improve Subprime MBS Collateral After Unexpected Downturn in 2005-06

Top subprime originators have acknowledged that the loans they put into mortgage-backed securities last year performed disappointingly, and are making moves to improve credit quality.At the American Securitization Forum’s ASF2007 conference last week in... Read More

Foreign Investors Welcome Entrance of U.S. Firms into Covered Bond Market

Washington Mutual’s completion of the first U.S. covered bond offering last year has raised the structure’s profile in the U.S. and excited foreign investors. Banks currently receiving funding through the Federal Home Loan Bank system see covered bonds as an alternate... Read More

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