The CFPB and FHFA said Thursday they are teaming up to create a first-of-its-kind mega-database of mortgages to track market trends and support policymaking research.

Standard & Poors said that in October the weighted average default risk of the top 70 tenants in U.S. conduit/fusion CMBS transactions was unchanged.

The right price for private capital is a moving target. Much depends on regulations over legal liabilities and risk retention requirements for originators that are still in flux.

GE Capital announced a $421 million dealer floorplan master trust securitization deal as the fixed income bond markets reopened on Wednesday.

BNP Paribas is marketing a €445mn, 2.4-yr senior tranche, French auto ABS deal named Autonoria 2012-2.

Since hitting a record low of 3.36% in the first week of October, 30-year rates have held to narrow range of 3.37% and 3.41%.

According to a report today from Citigroup Global Markets, U.S. consumer ABS spreads remain unchanged over this "Hurricane-Sandy-shortened week."

However, the widespread damage from Hurricane Sandy might result in a modest and temporary rise in mortgage delinquencies, Fitch Ratings said in a report released last yesterday.

Ally Financial said Wednesday that it has repaid $2.9 billion of debt issued under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.

Opteum Mortgage Insurance Corp. filed an S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue RMBS.

Starting Thursday, residential servicers approved by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can say yes to short sales without the consent of the mortgage insurer on the loan.

Nationwide Property and Appraisal this week urged lenders to place orders online for natural disaster re-inspections in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.