Agency single-family MBS production continued to erode in the third quarter despite a modest pickup in purchase loans. Meanwhile, issuance fell sharply in the commercial MBS and ABS markets. (Includes three data charts.)
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Ginnie Mae believes the year-plus implementation period should give potentially affected issuers enough time to plan and execute strategies for coming into compliance its new risk-based capital requirements.
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Investors tend to buy mortgage REIT stocks for the dividends they pay. But the sector, overall, has suffered this year, thanks in part to the widening spread between Treasuries and MBS.
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The cocktail of recessionary risk and inflation is putting pressure on the performance of MBS and ABS. Some sectors will perform better than others.
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Delinquencies on auto ABS are now above pre-pandemic levels, while losses are approaching the same threshold. Still, rating services aren’t too concerned, noting used vehicle prices and unemployment levels.
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Private equity investors are turning to collateralized fund obligations, which include some features from the collateralized loan obligation sector. KBRA rated its first CFO last week.
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Initial estimates on Hurricane Ian-related losses; Biden administration limits student loan forgiveness on loans in ABS; Credit Suisse’s financial difficulties trickle down to an ABS.
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