The surprisingly steady volume of new issuance in the non-agency MBS market during the first quarter of 2007 was tied to production increases in the prime sector, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside MBS & ABS... [Includes three charts]
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While Freddie Mac remains the most active GSE buyer in the non-agency MBS market, Fannie Mae became considerably more aggressive in the market in 2006, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis of data released this week by the Office of Federal... [Includes one chart]
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Four key GOP members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee reintroduced a government-sponsored enterprise reform bill that stalled over partisan issues during the last Congress, setting the stage for a showdown with Democrats and...
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Fannie Mae is responding to the market by including more kinds of MBS in its real estate mortgage investment conduits, and introducing interest rate derivatives in these structures as well. “Fannie Mae continues to innovate in our MBS structured transactions business...
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March MBS prepayments increased at nearly half the rate of Wall Street’s expectation of 30-35 percent, suggesting a mild forecast for the next few months.“Slower-than-expected March speeds signal a benign prepayment outlook,” said Credit Suisse analysts...
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Momentum for covered bonds issued by U.S. banks looks to be growing after successful placements by Washington Mutual and Bank of America. And analysts suggest that the emerging U.S. covered bond market could look radically different than the European market it is...
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A new accounting standard allows banks a one-time “free pass” to clean up their balance sheets as well as providing opportunities to restructure parts of their portfolios. As a result, the new standard seems to have triggered a certain amount of bank MBS sales, but...
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