Santander Consumer USA is marketing its $1.25 billion auto receivables securitization deal, kicking off the year for auto ABS primary issuance in 2013.

Annualized net losses among securitizations of subprime auto loans rose to 6.72% in November, an increase of 4.4% from October and 0.5% from November of 2011.

See results from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Refinance and Purchase Indexes for the week ended Nov. 30 as well as the weekly mortgage rates surveyed by Freddie Mac for the week ended Dec. 6.

View issuance volume for ABS, MBS and CMBS for the full year 2010, 2011 and 2012.

View the year-to-date manager rankings for the different ABS sectors, including real estate, credit cards and autos.

RIFCO Inc. announced that it completed its third renewal of its Bank West auto securitization facility.

Zurich Insurance Group said today that it issued a 3-year, $270 million catastrophe bond called Lakeside Re III.

Flagstar Bancorp Inc. is selling a portfolio of commercial loans, including commercial real estate loans, to CIT Bank for $779 million that will expand CIT's middle market customer base.

Policymakers appear unwilling to take on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as they face other issues and the housing market begins to recover.

Experience isn the only thing that sets managers of collateralized loan obligations apart, according to Scott D’Orsi, a partner with Feingold O’Keeffe Capital; it's also a matter of investment style.

Securitization of very large commercial loans, a hallmark of the CMBS market before the financial crisis, is making a comeback -- but with a twist.