KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) recently hired Christopher Moroz and Michael Giasi to its fixed-income team as part of its efforts to further expand the firm's MBS capabilities, as reported on Dec 19 by StructuredFinanceNews.com (see link).

Zillow is projecting that home values across the country are expected to have gone down approximately $700 billion in 2011, which would be 35% less than the $1.1 trillion that was lost in 2010.

The $66.4 billion scheduled to mature in credit card securitization could add an extra $14 billion to credit card ABS volumes in 2012, Wells Fargo analysts said in a report released today.

Standard & Poor's late Tuesday said it is reviewing its rating criteria for U.S. RMBS backed primarily by second liens.

The serious delinquency rate on Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans has risen a full percentage point over four months to 9.3% in November.

Ohio became the twentieth state to pass legislation allowing utility debt securitization.

Mercedes-Benz Financial has filed a preliminary prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue an auto lease ABS under its Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust.

Investors involved in the $8.5 billion bond settlement with Bank of America Corp. are looking for the case to be moved back to state court, according to a Bloomberg report.

MetLife's sale of most of its U.S. deposits to GE Capital Finance is a case of two big companies doing each other a solid.

Morgan Stanley said Tuesday in a filing that more than a third of the 1,600 layoffs it announced earlier this month may be in New York City.

Credit Agricole Securities placed CAD$120 million of notes issued by Vecta I Ltd., which marks the first ABS backed by Canadian life insurance embedded value.

Carrington Holding Co. is trying to raise $1 billion from investors to purchase foreclosed single-family properties that its mortgage services unit will manage and rent.