Wall Street Considers Expanding TBA To High-LTV Agency Refinance Pools
September 29, 2011
Wall Street MBS insiders met this week to talk about making Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MBS backed by high loan-to-value refinance mortgages eligible for the to-be-announced market. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association held a telephone conference call to discuss the issue, a SIFMA representative confirmed, but the group declined to provide any details. Mortgages with LTV ratios above 105 percent can be sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under the Home Affordable Refinance Program, but these loans must be pooled in separate MBS that are not eligible for the TBA market. HARP loans with...(Includes one data chart)