Twenty-nine classes of mortgage pass-through certificates from eight Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust transactions have been downgraded by Fitch Ratings. Fitch also placed two classes on Rating Watch Negative and affirmed the ratings on over 100 classes from the BoA deals. The negative rating actions were attributed to deterioration in the relationship between credit enhancement and expected losses. The collateral consists of fixed-rate, first-lien mortgage loans.
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McCargo stabilized the agency at a crucial time as she helped navigate it through both a pandemic and subsequent dramatic interest-rate cycle change.
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The quasi-public entity's plan to buy certain closed-end seconds would constitute "unnecessary government encroachment," the Structured Finance Association said.
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