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July 13, 2023

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Structured Finance Bounces Back in Nearly All Sectors

Agency MBS, non-mortgage ABS and commercial MBS all saw significant gains in new issuance during the second quarter, while the non-agency MBS market continued to lag behind. Read More

Regulators Plan Changes to Capital Treatment for AFS Holdings

A pending proposal led by the Federal Reserve could see big banks facing higher capital requirements on their holdings of securities classified as available-for-sale. Read More

Supreme Court Decision to Have Limited Impact on Student Loan ABS

The federal government’s new income-driven repayment plan, introduced after the Supreme Court decision, should drive prepayments higher to the benefit of seasoned deals, rating services said. Read More

Another Hotel Owner Walks on CMBS Loans

Ashford Hospitality Trust, a Dallas-based REIT, says handing back the keys on 19 hotels will cut the company’s debt by about $700 million, a reduction of more than 18%. Read More

Coming Soon: Higher Debt Costs for REITs

Is the mortgage REIT sector in for a turnaround? Maybe so, but some companies will be paying more money to preferred shareholders who bought variable-rate debt that reprices in 2024. Read More

Fitch Ready to Rate Single-Family Rental Securitizations

Issuance of single-family rental securitizations started in late 2013. And now Fitch Ratings is prepared to assign ratings in the sector. Read More

Ratings Services Eye Fix-and-Flip Securities

Ratings for securitizations of residential transition loans are in the works following the issuance of a handful of unrated deals. Read More

Powell Defends Fed's Monetary Policy

The Federal Reserve says that lessons learned from the last round of quantitative tightening will allow the process to be faster this time. Read More

Grapevine: AGMIT Also Looking to Acquire WAMC; DBRS Shifts on CMBS

AG Mortgage Investment Trust lodged a competing bid for Western Asset Mortgage Capital; Fannie, Freddie, Ginnie added to MBS disclosures; RMF sold some reverse mortgage MSRs. Read More

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