A proposed update to Basel III capital rules from federal banking regulators does not specifically include mortgage insurance as a factor in determining the risk weight for a mortgage loan held on a bank's balance sheet. Industry experts say it should.

Non-qualified loans are the majority of loans in the pool, 59.2%, while loans exempt from the Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgage rule, represent 35.9%.

The 30-year fixed is still over 20 basis points higher than its February bottom, but fell 7 basis points this past week on Iran peace hopes, Freddie Mac said.

February's securitization from Vertical Bridge was the sector's largest-ever deal and included the sector's first single-B rated tranche.

A decline in Middle East travel and higher fuel prices should not put a major dent in the company's performance, execs said Thursday.

Unlike some of FIGRE Trust's previous securitizations, there is no performance trigger related to the net weighted average coupon rate.

Credit risk transfers, a means by which banks can move risk off their balance sheets, earned considerable bipartisan support in a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing Wednesday.

Loans were underwritten to Fannie and Freddie guidelines, or to Ginnie Mae standards that apply to securities backed by jumbo loans ineligible for GSE pools because of their loan size.

Any additional securities that the transaction issues will rank equally with the class that has the same class designation.

The new law adds rules, including counseling requirements, which would put severe constraints on originations of HEIs, an industry representative said.

The credit startup is seeking a limited-purpose charter from federal regulators through the Competitive Equality in Banking Act's credit card bank carveout.

Initially, the transaction will follow a sequential repayment structure that requires each note class to reach a required overcollateralization percentage before the next subordinate class begins receiving principal.