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William Shuey has joined Opus Capital Markets Consultants as the due diligence provider’s director of securitization. He will oversee securitization processes with a focus on RMBS compliance, Opus announced on Monday.
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The US’s Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Federal Housing Administration are locked in yet another round of fisticuffs, with market share as the prize. If the private label RMBS market is to return, the government needs to stop hitting itself.
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The two decade long bull market in Swedish property has left it 20%-30% overvalued, according to research from Scope Ratings, which believes exposure to domestic real estate presents a key risk to the Swedish banks it rates.
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Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions is launching an online platform to underwrite non-QM (qualified mortgage) loans which are expected to serve as collateral for new securitizations.
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Freddie Mac’s first risk-sharing transaction to offer part of its first loss piece to investors was oversubscribed across all tranches, a person close to the deal told GlobalCapital. The $880m deal, priced on Wednesday, is Freddie’s first STACR issuance of the year.
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The two decade long bull market in Swedish property has left it 20%-30% overvalued, according to research from Scope Ratings, which believes exposure to domestic real estate presents a key risk to the Swedish banks it rates.
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Federal Housing Finance Agency director Melvin Watt fought off criticism of the agency’s move to loosen underwriting standards at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during a hearing in front of the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday.
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Charter Court Financial Services limited, which priced the third securitization under its Precise Mortgage Funding programme in November, has gained approval from the UK regulator to set up a retail savings bank, a move which the firm described as “only positive” for its RMBS programme.
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Investors in servicer advance securitizations by Ocwen affiliate Home Loan Servicing Solutions (HLSS) will see their notes amortized early if allegations by investment firm BlueMountain Capital prove true, market participants said on Monday.