RMBS

The mortgage and MBS market landscapes have profoundly changed over the last month as a result of actions by both regulators and monetary authorities.

In a clear sign that everyone's getting more comfortable with ABS, JPMorgan analysts reported that about $18 billion was issued in the market during the first three weeks of September.

In the aftermath of a critical audit of Spanish banks, some institutions will face any combination of restructuring, merger into a larger institution, a wind-down or bad-asset sales. Covered bonds are bound to feel some effect.

JPMorgan Securities analysts look at the effect on excess spread from a bankruptcy judge's decision allowing Ambac to start making payments on wrapped non-agency bonds.

David Schneider and Steven Rotella – former Washington Mutual executives who paid fines to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. last year for the thrift's "reckless" lending practices – are eyeing a return to mortgage lending.

A new fear has began to take hold in the mortgage servicing industry: the GSEs are preparing to hike their minimum net-worth requirement for all customers.

Freddie Mac won’t have to face a lawsuit filed by investors accusing it of misrepresenting the state of its finances in 2007 and 2008, a federal judge ruled.

Redwood Trust filed an SEC registration for a new RMBS deal to be issued from its Sequoia series of deals.

Mortgage performance at national banks improved slightly in the second quarter, and seriously delinquent loans were at their lowest level in three years, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Thursday.

The auction process for the government-controlled Residential Capital Corp. could last for up to five days with the bankruptcy court not approving a winning bidder for almost a month.