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The European covered bond primary market saw €13.5 billion of benchmark deals issued over the last five trading days.

Mortgage rates remained almost the same in the week ending Feb. 3, according to Freddie Mac.

Credit Suisse hired Dale Westhoff as the global head of structured products research. Westhoff. who will be based in New York, will focus on MBS, ABS and other structured products.

Most people believe the Basel III capital rules are buttoned up. International regulators worked hard, agreed in December to impose tough standards and then gave bankers eight years to meet them.

If only the administration's task in fixing housing finance was as easy as choosing plan A or plan B.

HOPE NOW released its final 2010 loan modification data. The group estimated that 1.76 million homeowners received permanent, affordable loan modifications from mortgage servicers in 2010.

The GSEs are looking at how to better align servicing fees with the servicer’s cost structure and how to create a servicing asset that is more capital friendly under Basel III.

Fitch Ratings published an exposure draft introducing its new rating model that determines losses on newly originated residential mortgages.

As expected mortgage application activity rebounded in the week ending Jan. 28 as the previous week was not adjusted for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Before 2011 even began, the prediction for asset quality in the new year turned decidedly positive.