West Bromwich Building Society announced the first investor-placed prime U.K. RMBS of the year— a £380 million ($579 million) senior tranche from the deal Kenrick No. 2.

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation plans to issue an $800 million auto lease backed securitization deal called Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2013-A.

The American Securitization Forum and the Structured Finance Industry Group will both speak against the Franken Amendment at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ratings agency roundtable event in Washington D.C.

See results from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Refinance and Purchase Indexes for the week ended April 10 as well as the weekly mortgage rates surveyed by Freddie Mac for the week ended April 11.

Wells Fargo and RBS plan to issue a $1.4 billion conduit CMBS deal called WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C14 that is backed by 73 fixed rate commercial mortgage loans that are secured by 99 properties.

Comenity Bank, formerly World Financial Network Bank, plans to issue a $526.3 million securitization from its credit card master note trust.

Fitch Ratings said bonds backed by rental income from the Seagram Building do not merit the 'AAA' rating assigned by Kroll Bond Rating Agency and Moody's Investors Service.

United Auto Credit Corporation (UACC) is getting ready to roll out a roughly $150-million securitization of subprime auto loans.

Redwood Trust is rolling out its seventh jumbo mortgage securitization of the year; the $453 million deal has greater seller diversity, less geographic concentration.

Ford Motor is prepping its second auto securitization of the year, a $1.342 billion deal backed by prime loans.

Brent Lewis has joined Hunton & Williams' structured finance and securitization practice as counsel in New York.

Freddie Mac put out the bid list for its $1 billion RMBS sale today. The GSE confirmed that sale is part of a $5 billon program it will execute in 2013.