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MBIA upgrades lift SF ratings
Moody's has upgraded the ratings of 199 structured finance securities wrapped by MBIA Insurance Corp...
News Round-up 22 May 2014 -
GSE buyback expected
Freddie Mac is set to repurchase certain adjustable-rate mortgage loans on 16 June. The repurchase i...
News Round-up 21 May 2014 -
RMBS gears up for busy week
The US non-agency RMBS secondary market made a solid start to the week as BWIC volume approached US$...
Market Reports 20 May 2014 -
Belgian affordability examined
Belgian residential mortgage loans with higher LTVs will be more likely to fall into arrears than th...
News Round-up 20 May 2014 -
Irish sovereign ceiling lifted
Moody's has raised the maximum achievable rating for Irish structured finance transactions to Aa3 fr...
News Round-up 20 May 2014 -
Mortgage services provider adds review chief
LenderLive Network has hired Mark Hughes as review services svp, leading the company's due diligence...
Job Swaps 20 May 2014 -
Whinstone tender announced
Northern Rock Asset Management (NRAM) has launched a tender offer for six tranches of its Whinstone...
News Round-up 19 May 2014 -
Aussie indexed LVRs decline
Moody's says that rising house prices reduced the indexed weighted-average loan-to-value ratio (LVR)...
News Round-up 16 May 2014 -
Advancing discrepancies examined
Bondholder payments were delayed in a number of recent transactions due to differences in approaches...
News Round-up 16 May 2014 -
GSE buyback risk diminished
US residential mortgage lenders will benefit from a reduced risk of loan buybacks, thanks to an easi...
News Round-up 16 May 2014 -
Johnson-Crapo bill passes Committee
The US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs has passed S.1217, the Housing Finance...
News Round-up 16 May 2014 -
Turning tide?
ECB attitude shift provides securitisation lift
The re-emergence of the European securitisation market has been helped by initiatives like the Europ...
News Analysis 16 May 2014 -
Aussie repayment rates examined
Fitch has introduced new indices to monitor Australian repayment rates in securitised prime mortgage...
News Round-up 15 May 2014 -
Hedge fund AUM hits highs
Investors allocated heavily into hedge funds in April, the third consecutive month of elevated inflo...
News Round-up 15 May 2014 -
Mortgage trading platform launched
Third-party mortgage administration firm HML has launched the Asset Trading Solutions service, which...
News Round-up 15 May 2014 -
Multi-borrower SFR concerns outlined
Credit concerns related to single-family rental (SFR) securitisations backed by loans to multiple bo...
News Round-up 15 May 2014