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Inside MBS & ABS

August 7, 2025

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Agency Single-Family MBS Issuance Declines in July

A shot of lower mortgage rates would help a sagging agency MBS market as July saw declines in both purchase-mortgage and refinance activity. ARMs are having a moment. (Includes two data tables.) Read More

Asset-Backed Finance Spreads its Wings

The relative immaturity of the asset-backed finance sector carries risks, but market players see a space brimming with opportunity. Read More

Acra Plans More Whole-Loan Sales of Non-QMs

Acra has a new parent company in the form of BlackRock, but it’s hard to say much as changed at the non-QM originator. Read More

A&D Partners With Investor to Fuel Non-Agency MBS

A&D Mortgage and Imperial Fund Asset Management have received a $250 million commitment from Canyon Partners. The partnership will fund $5 billion of non-agency securitizations. Read More

Internet Addiction Fuels Esoteric ABS Growth

A remote workforce and growing demand for energy-intensive artificial intelligence are driving investors to ABS financing for data centers and fiber optic internet. Read More

Music Royalty Securitizations From 3 Issuers Make Noise

The securitizations will pay off older ABS from the issuers. Rating services had largely positive things to say about the deals. Read More

Federal Government Lease Terminations Hitting CMBS

Researchers say the avalanche of lease cancellations initiated by DOGE in the first half of 2025 has reduced cash flows and lowered the price of the first-loss tranches of CMBS. Read More

Harley-Davidson Revs Up Partnership With KKR, PIMCO

Harley-Davidson Financial Services will sell $5 billion of existing retail loans and two-thirds of future originations to the investment firms. Read More

Grapevine: Ginnie President Nomination; UBS Settles

Joe Gormley nominated for Ginnie president; UBS pays DOJ to end lingering non-agency MBS obligations from Credit Suisse; Chase marketing non-agency MBS with reperforming loans. Read More

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