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Mayer Brown attorneys said a synthetic structure can receive favorable capital treatment while traditional non-agency MBS cannot.

The majority of expanded-credit MBS this year has been filled with Alt A loans that tend to have higher credit scores and are underwritten with alternative documentation.

Meanwhile, new agency MBS creation remained strong in September at $160.2 billion…

“To foster competition that serves consumers, the new strategic plan and scorecard aim to provide a level playing field for all market participants such that success depends on running a better business rather than special regulatory and statutory advantages,” the FHFA states.

A strong fourth-quarter finish could put 2019 in striking distance of the record $249.05 billion of CMBS issuance in 2017.

If banks meet the safe harbor requirements, the FDIC won’t reclaim assets from a non-agency MBS if a bank is subsequently placed in conservatorship or receivership.

The Freddie Mac single-family servicing market grew roughly three times as fast as the Fannie Mae market during the third quarter, according to a new Inside the GSEs analysis.

Mortgage industry groups largely support a proposal by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that would ease disclosure requirements for privately-placed non-agency residential MBS.

JPMorgan Chase Bank and Flagstar Bank are separately issuing MBS backed by mortgages eligible for sale to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.