Spreads on various types of residential MBS are wider than they were during the early days of the pandemic, suggesting that the assets aren’t particularly attractive to investors. However, that isn’t necessarily true.
Litigation-finance ABS, backed by advances made to injured individuals in litigation, allow plaintiffs to press for larger settlement payouts from insurance companies.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to resume bulk acquisitions of seasoned mortgages from lenders. However, the purchases will be focused on smaller lenders.
Not too long ago, the asking price for scratch-and-dent mortgages was considered silly but buyers paid because the returns were strong. And today? It’s a whole different ballgame.
CLOs managers are responding to tough market conditions by making changes to their products, for example proposing to remove buckets for discounted assets.
Freddie recorded the biggest decline in the agency market, while Ginnie dodged the worst of the downturn. Agency multifamily MBS issuance was up, however, as was non-mortgage ABS production. (Includes three data charts.)
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