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  • Buying up non-performing mortgages is more attractive now than ever before, according to Tom Capasse, principal at Waterfall Asset Management.
  • As we write, parties with an interest in the proposed $8.5 billion Bank of America residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) representation and warranty settlement are in the midst of motion practice, jurisdictional challenges and settlement negotiations.
  • The Federal Reserve’s new Operation Twist is supposed to “twist” the yield curve, but an image of the Mad Men-era central bankers twistin’ the night away isn’t too far off base.
  • DBRS is seeking comment on its proposed loss model and rating methodology for U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities.
  • The Conference of State Bank Supervisors, American Association of Mortgage Regulators and National Association of Consumer Credit Administrators have provided mortgage examiners with guidelines for determining whether non-banks licensed by state are complying with the Federal Reserve’s rules for loan-origination compensation.
  • The U.S Financial Stability Oversight Council has proposed a threshold for determining if a non-bank is systemically important and requires additional oversight.
  • Bill Gross has increased exposure to mortgage-backed securities for his Pimco Total Return Bond Fund to 38% in September, up from 32% the preceding month.
  • The bailout of stricken European bank Dexia by the French and Belgian governments is not expected to lead to a fire sale of its securitization holdings, according to London-based analysts at the Royal Bank of Scotland.
  • Nationwide Building Society priced its near $3 billion Silverstone Master Issuer 2011-1, a U.K. residential mortgage-backed securitization that included U.S. dollar-denominated tranches pitched to stateside accounts.