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January 13, 2022

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RMBS Issuance Climbs to Post-Crisis Highs in 2021

Total non-agency MBS issuance rocketed up 82.8% last year. A huge surge in traditional jumbo loans drove a big increase in prime MBS issuance, helped by the GSE-eligible investor-property sector. (Includes three data charts.) Read More

Thompson: No Administrative End for Conservatorship

Sandra Thompson, Biden’s nominee for FHFA director, gives a deft performance at her Senate confirmation hearing. Read More

Treasury Rate Spike Hits MBS Values, Lenders

Buy low, sell high. That piece of advice applies to stocks as well as bonds. But is now the time to purchase agency securities? Read More

CBO Flags Risks to Ginnie MBS Program Under Stress

The Congressional Budget Office looked at how an increase in nonbank issuers and a higher volume of VA loans might put Ginnie Mae’s MBS program at risk. Read More

New Residential to Issue its First Single-Family Rental Securitization

New Residential Investment started acquiring single-family rental properties in 2019, and now has enough holdings to complete its first securitization in the sector. Read More

Fitch Affirms Cenlar’s RMBS Servicer Rating. Case Closed?

Some of Cenlar’s subservicing clients are eyeing a switch. But when it comes to securities holders whose assets are being serviced by the vendor, so far, there isn’t much to worry about. Read More

No Frontrunner Yet for New Benchmark to Price Fixed-Rate ABS

ABS issuers and investors are considering whether to use SOFR or Treasury rates as a pricing benchmark following the end of LIBOR reporting. Read More

Grapevine: Fannie CRT; SEC Closes Investigation of Two Harbors

Fannie priced a credit-risk transfer deal linked to single-family mortgages; the SEC won’t take an enforcement action against Two Harbors; performance of consumer ABS backed by loans originated by marketplace lenders expected to decline. Read More

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