The American Securitization Forum urged mortgage servicers and trustees to reject offers from the city of Richmond, Calif. to buy mortgages out of private trusts at deeply discounted prices or face eminent domain proceedings.

July was the most active month for timeshare ABS issuance with close to $600 million of new paper pricing. With $1.3 billion of issuance year-to-date, 2013 is on pace to match the $2.3 billion sold in 2012.

Lowered fixed-income allocations will continue to pressure on structured finance credit spreads in the medium term, said Standard & Poor’s today.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Thursday that it would initiate legal action to stop cities from using eminent domain as a way to force the sale of private-label loans at a discount.

Fifth Third Bank is marketing its second securitization of 2013, a $1 billion transaction backed by prime auto loans.

The City of New York priced its $91.4 million of tax lien securitization at 85 basis points over the Eurodollar synthetic forward curve (EDSF) for the 1.12- year, triple-A rated tranche.

JPMorgan Chase is preparing a $250 million CMBS deal called J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-ALC backed by assisted living facilities.

Three RMBS trustees, representing bondholders, filed a lawsuit to prevent Richmond from using eminent domain powers to seize mortgages and write down balances.

Jumbo lender Redwood Trust plans to acquire and securitize agency conforming loans, as well as participate in Freddie and Fannie risk-sharing transactions.

Despite improving transaction characteristics for container lease securitizations, the sector still faces some risks that could prevent deals from earning 'A' ratings, Fitch Ratings warns in a research report published today.

Ally Financial lined up its third 2013 subprime auto asset backed securitization called Capital Auto Receivables 2013-3.