Most real estate investment trusts that specialize in the agency MBS market allowed their portfolios to decline slightly in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. [Includes one data chart.]
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A handful of nonbanks are preparing to enter the non-agency MBS market as issuers of deals backed by non-qualified mortgages. Investor demand for the products remains strong, prompting interest from new entrants.
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Moving toward a uniform MBS for the two government-sponsored enterprises is widely viewed as a good thing for bond investors – and the mortgage industry at large – but it creates new potential risks if things go haywire, according to Fannie Mae.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should not take enforcement action against securitization trusts for the acts of servicers, the Structured Finance Industry Group said.
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Non-agency MBS traders defeated charges brought by the federal government in two separate cases late last week. In one case, a judge ruled that a lower court erred by admitting evidence against the trader; in the other, a jury determined that bluffing by a trader didn’t warrant a conviction.
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The Seventh Circuit Court shot down the chances of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders reviving their Treasury sweep claims last week. Investors Christopher Roberts and Thomas Fischer argued that the preferred stock purchase agreement was illegal and robbed shareholders of their profits.
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A proposed merger between telecommunication giants T-Mobile US and Sprint Corp. would provide a credit boost for Sprint’s spectrum ABS but not for the wireless tower ABS sector, according to a report from Moody’s Investors service.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued to whittle away at their retained mortgage portfolios during the first quarter, though the pair still had $469.3 billion of MBS and whole loans on their books at the end of March. [Includes one data chart.]
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