RMBS

Allonhill, Denver, recently laid off roughly 10 full-time appraisers because of a cutback by one of its mortgage clients, according to industry officials close to the matter.

While Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remained trapped in federal conservatorships, the two still dominate the mortgage market and little has been done to revive private lending. But that could be changing.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, delinquency rates are expected to rise in RMBS deals.

Speakers at information Management Network's ABS East who tackled the housing market harped on two topics hampering the comeback of private-label RMBS issuance.

Investors in RMBS that buy mortgages previously serviced by a firm that has

Issuers of covered bonds are making new inroads into the U.S. market

Reporting on the hurricane’s potential impact in the securitization world, Nora Colomer cited CoreLogic’s estimate that nearly 284,000 homes in the Mid-Atlantic region, valued at about $87 billion, were at risk of property damage.

Because of storm damage, many loans currently hedged in pipelines will ulti

Walter Investment revealed that it will take control of $50.4 billion of Fannie Mae mortgage servicing rights when the Residential Capital Corp. deal closes.

The decision to delay the implementation date on Basel III capital rules could be a game changer for the residential mortgage servicing business–or maybe not.