Securitization market participants have called for modifications in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules on disclosure of representations, warranties and enforcement mechanisms as well as repurchase information in asset-backed securities offerings. The SEC’s disclosure proposals would implement...
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There has been a growing chance over the last several years that Ginnie Mae securities include recycled loans that have gone through loss mitigation. But one problem for investors has been getting a precise statistical handle on the true extent of the trend. That is changing...[Includes two data charts]
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The days when the conforming loan limit moved in synchronization with housing prices nationally are long gone, as the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced late last week that the maximum limits for mortgages originated in the first nine months of 2011 will remain unchanged from current levels. Those limits are generally $417,000 but can be...
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Independent auditors gave Ginnie Mae a clean annual check-up that showed no major deficiencies in a rapidly growing program that had to cope with some large issuer defaults in recent years. Ginnie’s loss reserves for the MBS program soared...
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The vast majority of new home mortgages originated in 2010 were financed through securitization, a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis reveals. Some $1.07 trillion of residential mortgages were originated through the first nine months of the year, and 84.6 percent – $905.5 billion – were pooled...[Includes one data chart]
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Industry groups support the thrust of proposed new federal regulations to require asset-backed securities issuers to disclose the results of internal reviews of the assets backing these deals, but they think the Securities and Exchange Commission should steer clear of setting specific review standards. The agency is implementing...
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Fitch Ratings is moving to more conservative rating policies for non-agency MBS tranches that have shrunken significantly and are backed by a dwindling number of loans. “Most RMBS transactions are not structured to protect against the potential for increased performance volatility as the pool size declines...
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