A new white paper says MBS investors can learn more about projected mortgage prepayment activity if MBS modeling is expanded to incorporate trended credit data.
Subprime auto deals that experienced distressed servicing transfers last year saw swings in delinquencies and ultimately took an elevated level of losses, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
Initial estimates on Hurricane Helene’s impact; Ginnie to host summit with a focus on nonbanks; MSR financing securitization from Freedom; T-Mobile moves forward with cell phone financing ABS.
Rated ABS issuance was relatively flat in the second quarter. In the non-agency MBS market, rated production was buoyed by the surging home-equity sector. (Includes two data tables.)
Securitization rates held steady in the second quarter for conventional-conforming as well as government-insured mortgages. In the non-agency market, demand from MBS investors declined. (Includes data table.)
The Structured Finance Association warned that if servicers incur uncompensated expenses for a lengthy period it would decrease the value of mortgage servicing rights.
FINRA received approval from the SEC to shorten reporting requirements for most trades of MBS and ABS from within 15 minutes to within one minute of a deal having transpired.
It’s been a quiet year when it comes to new stock issuance from mortgage REITs. But thanks to the Fed trimming rates by 50 basis points, with another 50 bps in cuts expected, activity could pick up markedly.
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