Sparked by two gargantuan subprime mortgage deals, the home-equity securitization market reached new heights in 2001, a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis reveals. Overall, $104.01 billion in new securities backed by HELs – including subprime and high loan-to-value mortgages as well as second mortgages and home-equity lines of credit – were issued last year. That marked a healthy 65.3 percent jump in volume from 2000’s