Private-label

Settlements related to court fights over private-label mortgage-backed securities are significantly boosting the bottom lines at a few Federal Home Loan banks.

Two Harbors Investment Corp., one of the few regular sponsors of private-label mortgage securitization post-financial crisis, is pulling out of the market.

The official platform of the Republican Party has softened language calling for the end of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, while continuing to demand reform of the government-sponsored enterprises.

Think the $1.9 billion "house" mortgage securitization that JPMorgan completed in April was big?

The Dec. 31 expiration of the Home Affordable Modification Program will have a limited negative effect on residential mortgage-backed securities from 2008 or earlier, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Fitch Ratings has updated its new loan level due diligence residential mortgage-backed securities grading methodology to include compliance grading related to the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure rules.

Seneca Mortgage Servicing has chosen Nationstar Mortgage Holdings as the subservicer for its existing mortgage servicing rights portfolio as well as for future acquisitions.

So far, 2016 has brought legal battles, election woes and TRID-related headaches to the mortgage industry, among many other major issues.

Caliber Home Loans is marketing a residential mortgage-backed securitization mainly backed by nonprime loans, called COLT 2016-1 Mortgage Loan Trust.

JPMorgan Chase's next residential mortgage securitization looks a lot like the six deals it completed in 2015: it is backed by jumbo loans to high-quality borrowers that the bank acquired from other originators.