RMBS

The UK is reforming its treatment of special purpose vehicles in an attempt to make itself appear more business-friendly. However, in its attempts to open up the asset class, regulators could inadvertently tie up the market in red tape, as shown by its recent consultation over the possibility of including shares in ABS collateral.

Kensington Mortgages announced the first ever green UK mortgage securitization on Thursday evening, only five months after bringing the first ‘social’ RMBS deal,

Spreads tightened during bookbulding for LendInvest's Mortimer BTL 2021-1 on Friday, as high demand for RMBS paper drove buyers into the deal.

Together Money has taken a structural feature from the CLO market for its latest £267.7m RMBS, TABS 2021-1 - CRE2, adopting loan notes for the triple-A tranche, a first for the asset class. The issuer pre-placed four tranches – almost certainly with a single account, sources said.

Rochester No. 2, a legacy non-conforming RMBS, will be refinanced in a new transaction, leading to the redemption of the notes — three months later than expected. However, two Irish deals where Pimco also held the call rights are still outstanding, with no redemption notice yet served.

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider LendInvest has announced Mortimer BTL 2021-1, a £280m UK RMBS backed entirely by interest only BTL mortgage loans. The issuer has grown the senior mezzanine tranches to reflect increased investor demand for senior mezzanine notes.

In mid-May GlobalCapital convened representatives of three RMBS issuers with different business models and approaches for a wide-ranging discussion about the state of the UK mortgage markets, funding strategies, and much more. Kensington is the most frequent issuer in European RMBS, with a track record stretching back to 1995, and more than £10bn of assets under management, including about £6bn of servicing mandates. LendInvest and Habito are fintech lenders, with LendInvest originating bridging loans and buy-to-let, funded through securitizations (LendInvest has completed two public deals so far), retail bonds, funds, and private capital, including a £500m partnership with JP Morgan. Habito mixes technology-enabled mortgage broking with its own buy-to-let originations, funded through Citi’s securitization shelf, and has recently launched the first long-term (up to 40 years) fixed rate mortgage product in the UK, funded through a partnership with CarVal Investors.

European ABS has experienced a historic rally in recent months as spreads have tightened in response to a wider economic recovery. But as pent-up supply begins to return to the market, syndicate desks see a widening out of spreads as new issuance increased throughout June and July.

Banks working on Harmony French Home Loans FCT 2021-1, the latest RMBS transaction from Crédit Immobilier de France Développement (CIFD), released price talk for the deal on Tuesday.