To date, Fannie Mae's CAS program has resulted in the transfer of credit risk on single-family loans totaling more than a half trillion dollars. What enhancements did Fannie Mae make to the program?
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Credit Risk Transfer Initiatives Approach the Half Trillion Dollar Mark
Fannie Mae’s credit risk transfer program, Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS), has sold more than $12.4 billion in securities to private investors, which covers $438 billion worth of mortgage loans since the program’s inception in September 2013. Fannie Mae estimates by the end of 2015, it will have transferred a portion of the credit risk on approximately half a trillion dollars worth of single-family mortgages.
Read More »Success of GSEs’ Credit Risk Transfer Programs Ensure They Are Here to Stay
But the success of programs like the Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS) Series by Fannie Mae and Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR) debt note offerings by Freddie Mac have ensured that credit risk transfer is not simply a passing trend, but the way of the future for the GSEs look to transfer more credit risk to private investors.
Read More »Fannie Mae Announces Pricing For Latest Credit Risk Sharing Transaction
The latest note offering in the CAS series (Series 2015-C02) is scheduled to settle on May 27 and is consistent with prior transactions. This transaction includes reference loans with original LTVs up to 97 percent, according to Fannie Mae.
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