As the market slows for post-downturn, private-label, residential mortgage-backed securities—known as RMBS 2.0—an industry group thinks it's time to start preparing for version 3.0.

The Senate Banking Committee passed major legislation to overhaul the housing finance system on Thursday.

RMBS backed by mortgages where servicing has been transferred to large non-bank servicers from bank servicers, experience greater cash-flow volatility because of more conservative stop advancing policies.

Navient, the student loan servicer spun off from Sallie Mae in April, is planning a $747 million securitization of Federal Family Education Loan Program loans.

Cantor Fitzgerald, UBS and Natixis have teamed up to issue a $1.1 billion CMBS conduit transaction collateralized by 49 fixed rate commercial mortgage loans that are secured by 81 properties.

Moody’s Investors Service said today that the lens for assessing credit risk in single-family rental securitizations (SFRs) backed by loans to multiple borrowers is different than the one used for SFRs backed by loans to single borrowers.

Assured Guaranty is wrapping a just-priced deal from Turkey’s Garanti Bank, according to a release from the insurer.

Eaglewood Capital Management has increased the size of a securitization of peer-to-peer consumer loans originally offered in October by $47 million to $100 million.

The company anticipates gross proceeds from the sale of its certificates of approximately $481 million, with a duration-weighted blended interest rate of LIBOR plus154 basis points.

Honda American Finance Corp and Porsche issued a total of $1.4 billion in securities backed by prime auto loans receivables that priced at similar levels.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could triple issuance of securities linked to the performance of mortgages that they insure under goals released by their regulator today.