RMBS

Redwood Trust's Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-2 (SEMT 2011-2) is in the market with a roughly $375 million prime RMBS.

In the holiday-shortened week ending Sept. 9, mortgage application activity increased 6.3% in response to record low mortgage rates.

The New Jersey Supreme Court lifted a foreclosure ban on Ally Financial this week, removing the last state barrier for mortgage servicers to fully resume operations a year after their widespread "robosigning" procedures came to light.

DBRS hired David Sánchez Rodríguez for its structured finance group as assistant vice president.

Perhaps it was appropriate that a panel of professors testified Tuesday about how to reform the U.S. mortgage system since Capitol Hill's approach to the issue is increasingly beginning to resemble an academic exercise.

Santander U.K. is slated to price its prime U.K. RMBS on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report.

Roughly 11 million residential properties – representing 22.5% of homes nationwide – were in some type of negative equity position at June 30, a miniscule improvement from the first quarter, according to new figures compiled by CoreLogic.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is entering 'round four' of testing new mortgage disclosure forms, and is now requesting public input on what should be said regarding adjustable rate mortgages.

A federal judge this week ruled that the court-appointed trustee overseeing the liquidation of Thornburg Mortgage, Santa Fe, can move forward with a lawsuit against Barclays Capital alleging the investment banker made improper margin calls that helped drive the jumbo lender/servicer into bankruptcy.

After heavy criticism from investors, analysts and bond insurers over Standard & Poor’s new bond insurance rating criteria, the agency is firing back in self-defense.