The agency raised the B tranche rating to 'AA+' from 'AA' initially and the D tranche to 'BBB+' from 'BBB.' The deal, by First Investors, priced only last week and was upsized to $250m from $206m originally.

The 10-year, AAA-rated A4 bonds in J.P. Morgan Chase Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-C16 2013-C16 and Goldman Sach’s GSMS 2013-GCJ16 , priced at 96 basis points and 108 basis points over swaps respectively.

The largest tranche, for $327 million, priced at 108 basis points over swaps a bit outside the price talk of 95-100 basis points.

Rising U.S. home prices haven’t boosted the performance of mortgage bonds as much as might be expected, and Fitch Ratings says this is due to the length of time – and amount of money – it takes to sell repossessed homes.

American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) said the deal is slated to come to market within the next 90 days.

Barclays is preparing a $185.87 million securitization of federally guaranteed student loans, according to a presale report by Fitch Ratings.

USAA is marketing a $70 million catastrophe bond, according to a presale report from Standard & Poor’s.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust only sold $170 million out of $550.5 million of RMBS bonds structured under its private-label securitization that was completed in the third quarter.

Cory Wishengrad, Barclays former co-head of U.S. securitization, will make a move to Guggenheim Securities, where he joins as a senior managing director.

American Electric Power’s Appalachian Power priced its $380 million utility tariff rate relief bonds tight relative to priced guidance issued earlier this week.

Rialto Capital Management plans to securitize the recoveries from non-performing loans, performing loans and real-estate owned properties that have an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $319.2 million.

Two Harbors Investment Corp said during its 3Q 2013 financial results conference call on Wednesday that it has a good pipeline of originator partners to support its non-agency RMBS program.