Classes B-1 and B-2 of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, series 2003-FFB, have been placed under review for possible downgrade by Moody's Investors Service.The rating actions were based on low credit enhancement levels in comparison with loss projections, Moody's said. The overcollateralization amount has declined below the required level, and mortgage insurance does not cover all the losses, "leaving the subordinate tranches with eroding credit protection," the rating agency said. The subprime deal consists of closed-end, fixed-rate, second-lien residential mortgage loans. Moody's can be found online at http://www.moodys.com.
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Last year, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Integrated called off a deal to sell itself to MVB Financial after bank stocks took a hit in the aftermath of the regional bank failures. Capital hopes to expand its government-guaranteed lending with the transaction.
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The pending end of the program comes as over half of U.S. states have already ceased accepting new applicants for federal aid aimed to help struggling households with mortgage payments.
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But the 30-year fixed rate mortgage is still near 7%, and that remains the overhang on the housing market, Freddie Mac said.
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Mortgage payments rose 10% year-over-year to an all-time high for March, Redfin said.
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In an interview, Candor Technology's Sara Knochel recounts how she applies her childhood interest in languages and numbers to crucial home lending issues.
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Harmonizing standards for liquidity coverage ratios and discount window pledges could prevent the type of strains that led to last year's bank failures, according to a new paper whose authors include former Federal Reserve Govs. Dan Tarullo and Jeremy Stein.
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