Securitizations

Securitizations of "jumbo" mortgages — those larger than Fannie and Freddie were allowed to buy — lost value in the recession that followed the financial crisis, but they have been recovering.

Moving Beyond Fannie and Freddie 2011

Securitizations of home loans totaled $19 billion in March, compared with $218.6 billion in March 2007, when the U.S. housing market began its sharp decline, according to data research firm Dealogic.

The Bank-Loan Haircut Carrick Mollenkamp, Serena Ng and David Enrich 2008

Securitizations such as collateralized debt obligations are at the core of the ongoing credit crunch.

Jumbo Securitization Dips 2008

Securitizations take place when loans are bought, packaged together and sold as investments.

Jumbo Securitization Dips 2008

Please don't believe me....look up how many BILLIONS in Securitizations the banks are having to buy back as these securities are faulty.

News - chicagotribune.com 2011

The sample data confirms, on a statistically-significant basis, material misrepresentations of underwriting standards and of certain key characteristics of the mortgage loans across the Securitizations.

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Securitizations and trading income were also harshly dealt with.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

In fact, for the seventeen Securitizations whose Prospectus Supplement represented the Supporting Loan Groups to be overwhelmingly owner-occupied, far fewer underlying properties were occupied by their owners than disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement and more correspondingly were held as second homes or investment properties.

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Securitizations are excluded as liquid assets under rules known as Basel III, making the debt less attractive for banks.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

Securitizations of any other mortgages would require the banks to retain at least 5 percent of the risk, the Times said.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011