The nation’s top five servicers had a combined servicing market share of 55.6% at Sept. 30, a stunning loss of eight points in share over the past 12 months.

FHFA acting director Edward DeMarco noted that the g-fee hikes will move GSE pricing “closer to what it would be were mortgage credit risk borne solely by private capital.”

Credit Suisse has won a small victory in a legal battle over its sale of MBS.

Consumer asset backed securitization volume potential for 2013 may be suppressed by the rise in student loan debt, according to a Wells Fargo report.

CMBS loans are likely to increasingly feature in Collateralized Loan Obligations.

Mortgage application activity was little changed overall in the holiday-shortened week ending Nov. 23.

The Public Service Commission of West Virginia, the state’s energy regulator, has delayed a securitization proposed by American Electric Power (AEP) by two months.

Another CMBS transaction is in the works called COMM 2012-CCRE5, according to an SEC filing today.

Standard & Poor's estimates that CMBS issuance in the U.S. will hit $45 billion dollars in 2013.

Credit card delinquency and default rates continued to drop in the third quarter, except for a slight increase in the sub-sector of retail, DBRS said.

The qualified mortgage test and risk retention rules will cement Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s dominance in the secondary market.