Tighter spreads on Spanish covered bonds has not appreciably mitigated the risk of holding this paper,

Cars and trucks are likely to depreciate to a greater degree this year, though not enough to present any major obstacles to U.S. auto loan and lease securitizations, according to a new report developed by Black Book and Fitch Ratings.

Insurer AIG is buying whole mortgage loans; it has no plans to do any direct lending of securitization.

Morgan Stanley plans to issue a $160.0 million CMBS large loan transaction backed by Altamonte mall located in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Enterprise Fleet Management is planning a $700 million fleet lease securitization, according to ratings agency presale reports, its first of the year.

Delinquencies on securitized timeshare loans increased to 3.55% in the fourth quarter of from 3.28% in the third quarter, according to the latest index results from Fitch Ratings.

JP Morgan Securities is marketing a $399 million collateralized loan obligation for Greywolf Capital Management, the firm's first deal since the financial crisis.

Santander Consumer USA plans to issue a $1.3 billion subprime auto loan ABS.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is moving ahead with plans to create a new securitization platform that will one day serve as a public utility for the issuance of mortgage-backed securities.

See results from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Refinance and Purchase Indexes for the week ended Feb. 12 as well as the weekly mortgage rates surveyed by Freddie Mac for the week ended Feb. 14.

American Tower Corporation, the U.S. wireless tower operator plans to issue $1.8 billion of securities backed by interests in mortgage loans made to borrowers that are all wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of the issuer.

The catastrophe bond market proved to be a pretty safe place to invest last year, returning 10.28%, notwithstanding the damage Hurricane Sandy inflicted on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.