RMBS

Redwood Trust filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue its first mortgage backed securities transaction for 2013 under its Sequoia series of deals.

A new Spanish mortgage law that gives a certain category of borrower a reprieve from foreclosure raises the risks of further measures that might hurt recoveries on defaulted loans.

For clues about where European RMBS performance is headed, Barclays Bank analysts are looking at jobless rates.

A lawsuit that charged three ratings agencies with wrongdoing in the sale of mortgage-backed securities cannot advance, a federal appeals court in Ohio has ruled.

The ratings agency says the $329.9 million CSMC Trust 2012-CIM3's senior most tranche does not merit a triple-A rating.

The American Securitization Forum said in a comment letter today while that it supports the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s proposal to create a single GSE securitization platform, the solution won’t be a good fit with fully private label securities.

The Credit Suisse deal called CSMC Trust 2012-CIM3 makes considerable effort to address R&W mechanics that continue to result in controversy and litigation for legacy RMBS, S&P analysts wrote.

Although the securitization market is still struggling to regain its post-crisis footing, there are glimpses of hope. In this month's cover story, for instance, Nora Colomer explores a potential source of new deal flow.

The private-label RMBS market may experience a quadrupling in volume in 2013 over 2012 as issuers see more favorable terms.

As policymakers mull the future of U.S. mortgage policy,FHFA chief Edward DeMarco sees a potential starting point in an entity he does not regulate: the FHA.