Despite Uncertainty and Challenges, Servicers Expect Better Quality Deals, Increased Vigilance in 2012
January 27, 2012
Analysts have mixed expectations for residential mortgage servicing in 2012, with some seeing it as a year of foreclosure-prevention reforms and others anticipating a higher level of vigilance in new deals and loan quality. Although issuance of non-agency MBS will be modest again in 2012, new deals will have more comprehensive reviews of originators, more reliable and better-quality loan-level data, and stronger enforcement of breaches of representations and warranties, according to Moodys Investors Service. New deals will better address legal issues relating to foreclosure challenges. Some of the deals...