RMBS

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service assigned preliminary ratings of ‘AAA’/’AAA’/’Aaa’ respectively to $371.62 million of class A notes to be issued by Redwood Trust.

This latest deal totals $345.05 million and features 20 tranches, inluding exchangeable interest-only certificates.

Upgrades might be in store for some Russian residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS)

There is little proof that a doubling of guarantee fees in the last year by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has brought private investors back into the mortgage market, says the FHFA's inspector general.

House Republicans unveiled sweeping legislation to unwind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and overhaul the mortgage finance system on Thursday — a plan that, as expected, contrasts sharply with bipartisan legislation pending in the Senate.

Ginnie Mae is moving closer to merging the Ginnie I MBS program into the Ginnie II MBS program and now it is going to develop a blueprint to manage the consolidation.

Nomura's $440 million residential mortgage securitization has sparked a debate about the risk of deals backed by a large number of loans in the same state.

Nomura Corporate Funding is issuing a $440.081 million jumbo residential mortgage-backed securitization.