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Inside MBS & ABS

March 4, 2011

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GSE Repurchase Demands May Have Peaked As Settlements Help Fannie, Freddie Earnings

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seemed to have turned a corner on the contentious issue of mortgage repurchase demands, and it had a positive effect on the companies’ financial results in the fourth quarter of 2010. Fannie generated...[Includes one data chart] Read More

Expert: Private Label MBS Repurchase Risk Concern Growing As Investors Find Weaker R&W Protection

Even as repurchase activity appears to be on the wane in the Fannie/Freddie market, issuers, investors and trustees in the non-agency MBS world remain entangled in protracted legal struggles because of weaker investor protection and legal uncertainties, according to... Read More

Agency MBS Issuance Plummets in February as Refinance Retreat Saps Mortgage Originations

New production of agency MBS fell sharply in February, sinking to its lowest level since the refinance rally of the second half of 2010 began to gather steam last summer. A total of $108.3 billion of agency MBS were issued last month, down 20.5 percent from January’s production volume, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside MBS & ABS. That was...[Includes one data chart] Read More

Moody’s Expresses Its Concern, Updates Rating Approach to Residential MBS Re-Securitizations

Moody’s Investors Service remains concerned about the structure of many recent re-REMIC transactions – a concern that has led the rating agency to increasingly decline to give its highest ratings to re-securitizations of U.S. residential MBS. Moody’s had initially flagged...[Includes one data chart] Read More

FDIC Still Working Out Details On New Liquidation Authorities

Industry groups are seeking clarification regarding the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s application of the orderly liquidation authority (OLA) of covered financial companies under Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. According to the FDIC, liquidation authority rested... Read More

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