Trump has nominated Bill Pulte to be director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency; Fitch upgrades master servicer rating on Mr. Cooper; new ABS issuer.
The transaction, which will allow the real estate investment trust to leverage its ownership of Fannie Mae mortgage servicing rights, appears to be one of the largest deals of its type.
The new model used for rating securitizations of closed-end second liens will be more lenient than the previous model, thanks to improvements to underwriting standards following the financial crisis.
Rick Jones, a longtime industry lawyer, wants commercial MBS participants to strike a grand bargain, including changes to servicing practices and moves to increase demand from investors.
Interest rate cuts by the Fed prior to the 2023 banking crisis resulted in more than $2 trillion in mark-to-market losses on banks' Treasury and MBS holdings.
DOJ sees no issues for MBS, ABS from new rule restricting foreign access to Americans’ personal data; Momnt Technologies 2023 ABS issuance facing performance issues; Redwood rebrands prime residential mortgage aggregation unit to match MBS shelf.
Agency pass-through MBS remain the most popular asset in bank holding company trading accounts, but there was a sharp increase in agency multifamily securities during the third quarter.
Is Onity Group eyeing a sale? Perhaps. And why not? Servicing values are approaching a 25-year high.
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