PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brian Grow
AU  - Gaurav Singhania
TI  - RMBS Commentary: <em>Non-Traditional RMBS Flourishes as Prime Jumbo Fades</em>
AID  - 10.3905/jsf.2016.22.1.082
DP  - 2016 Apr 30
TA  - The Journal of Structured Finance
PG  - 82--84
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/22/1/82.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/22/1/82.full
AB  - The rebound in housing prices has reduced the industry’s loss expectations for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and improved investor sentiment regarding the housing market. But the positive sentiment hasn’t bolstered the private-label, or nonagency, RMBS market. There are three key reasons for this. First, the issuers find it easier to navigate the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) market. Second, selling loans through private-label securitization remains uneconomical and unfavorable for the issuers as compared with an agency sale (selling loans to GSEs) or a whole loan sale (selling loans into the secondary market). Third, issuers remain skeptical about opening up the credit box. This dry spell in jumbo issuance hasn’t affected issuances of resecuritization, commonly known as re-REMICs, or issuances of transactions backed by nonperforming loans and reperforming loans. There is a steady flow of issuance on these transactions, but most are nonrated.TOPICS: MBS and residential mortgage loans, financial crises and financial market history