A new fear has began to take hold in the mortgage servicing industry: the GSEs are preparing to hike their minimum net-worth requirement for all customers.

Aggregate prime auto loan exhibited slightly weakened performance, although remained in line with historical seasonal trends, Barclays Capital analysts said.

Freddie Mac won’t have to face a lawsuit filed by investors accusing it of misrepresenting the state of its finances in 2007 and 2008, a federal judge ruled.

Fitch Ratings said that after reaching a high-water mark of $92 billion in June 2010, the balance of specially serviced loans dropped to $80.5 billion through June 2012.

View year-to-date 2011 ABS issuance totals for ABS, MBS and CMBS.

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See results from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Refinance and Purchase Indexes as well as the weekly mortgage rates surveyed by Freddie Mac.

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Santander Consumer USA is planning to issue a subprime auto securitization called Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2012-6 worth $1.25 billion.

CarMax and Huntington are both planning to sell their respective auto securitizations.

Citibank plans to launch a new securitization deal from its Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, according to an SEC registration the bank filed today.

Redwood Trust filed an SEC registration for a new RMBS deal to be issued from its Sequoia series of deals.