With the future privatization of Frannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the RMBS market is bound to shift, and in repsonse, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to know if disclosure rules are discouraging RMBS issuance.
Read More »The GSEs’ Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities: Pros and Cons
As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prepare to launch the combined bond, questions arise on whether the change will negatively or positively impact the mortgage market and affordability.
Read More »Update on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
While prepayments increased, how has the credit rating of residential mortgage-backed securities been affected?
Read More »GSE Q1 Update: From Foreclosures to Mortgage-Backed Securities
Here's how Fannie and Freddie performed in the first months of 2019, according to the GSEs’ financial results announced Wednesday.
Read More »Senate Banking Committee Reexamines Regulatory Expectations
During a Tuesday hearing, the Senate Banking Committee talked to experts on how to improve the accountability and oversight of bank supervisory agencies, from applications to mortgage-related securities.
Read More »RMBS in 2019
A report looked at the opportunities and headwinds in the residential mortgage-backed securities market and here’s what it projected for these securities in 2019.
Read More »MBS Trends Are Changing
A new report found that Ginnie Mae’s bank and thrift holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities pass-throughs fell for the first time in Q1 2018, then again in Q2. Here’s what this decline could mean for the MBS market.
Read More »Fannie’s Innovation in Credit Risk Transfer
Here’s how Fannie Mae’s pricing of its inaugural Connecticut Avenue Securities aims to reduce the risks in the secondary mortgage market.
Read More »Moody’s Rates Wells Fargo’s First RMBS in 10 Years
Wells Fargo’s first RMBS securitization in a decade received a provisional rating from Moody’s. Here’s what the ratings agency had to say about these securities.
Read More »RMBS Performance Stays Strong
Prime and nonprime RMBS transactions performance have been exceptional, according to a recent study. See how prime and nonprime securities have improved in the first half of 2018.
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