RMBS

Laurel Davis, VP, credit risk transfer at Fannie Mae, explains why the switch to a REMIC structure for CAS is important, and why it took so long.

The $571 million transaction is backed by 915 loans originated from 2002 and 2008 that Waterfall Asset Management acquired over eight years.

The structure reduces counterparty risk in the GSE's benchmark Connecticut Avenue Securities program; it also expands the investor base.

Invitation Homes 2018-SFR4 recycles collateral from Colony American Homes 2015-SFR1 (53.9%) and Colony Starwood Homes 2016-SFR1 (46.1%).

The $310.74 million transaction is also the first backed entirely by loans originated by New Penn that Fitch has rated since 2013.

Rating agencies are sparring over a new feature in a private-label RMBS that upends the relationship between senior and sub bondholders.

The mortgages being reinsured are more seasoned than most other deals rated by Morningstar, which helps offset the risk of lower initial weighed average LTV.

The rating agency feels that “late-cycle credit behavior” is allowing less established issuers to rely on the securitization market more heavily for funding.

The REIT is purchasing another $500 million of credit risk transfer notes through Fannie's L Street Securities program; this is its first deal rated by Fitch.

The collateral for the new notes will revolve over a period of two years; during this time, the notes will pay only interest and no principal.