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Amherst Securities Group, an approved Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securities underwriter, has brought on Chris McDowell as a managing director in fixed income trading and sales,

Fitch Ratings has rated the first residential mortgage-backed securitization from Shellpoint Partners, a multi-tranche deal worth $261 million

Shellpoint Partners, the home lender founded by mortgage-bond pioneer Lewis Ranieri, is close to pricing its first securitization, according to a a person familiar with the deal.

Standard & Poor’s said that severe delinquencies among residential mortgage-backeds tracked by the agency hit a historic peak of 5.38%.

Analysts at Barclays forecast a total of €46 billion ($61 billion) in publicly-placed securitization issuance for 2013, according to their mid-year outlook.

Ocwen Financial (OCN) is one of several servicers bulking up in subprime in hopes of a day when it is no longer a dirty word.

Credit Suisse is planning to issue a £200.2 million ($314 million) securitization backed by U.K. buy-to-let and owner-occupied non-conforming residential mortgage loans, from its Alba series.

Ocwen Financial (OCN) is buying mortgage servicing rights and related servicing advances from OneWest Bank in Pasadena, Calif., for $2.5 billion.

The securitization conference season just added Oct. 27 to 29 to its calendar with the International Institute for Business Information & Growth’s inaugural consumer finance symposium at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.The securitization conference season just added Oct. 27 to 29 to its calendar with the International Institute for Business Information & Growth’s inaugural consumer finance symposium at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.