Mortgage Securitization Rate Climbs to Record Level as Depository Institutions Show Little Appetite for Growth
March 12, 2010
The share of new residential mortgage originations that were financed through securitization jumped to a record 85.6 percent in 2009, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. A total of $1.815 trillion of home loans were originated last year, and nearly all of them were designed to be sold into the secondary market through agency... [Includes one chart]