Fitch Ratings has removed IndyMac and reverse mortgage lender Financial Freedom from its “rating watch evolving” list and upgraded its servicer ratings on IndyMac.
Fitch raised IndyMac’s servicer ratings for Alt-A, subprime, prime and special servicing to a “2” level from a previous rating of “3.” Fitch also affirmed Financial Freedom’s “3” rating as a primary servicer of reverse mortgages. IndyMac Mac serviced 725,000 loans with an outstanding principal balance of $179 billion as of Sept. 30.
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More depositories are getting involved in the securitized market and the competition is likely to add to expense management challenges of smaller balance loans.
While the company's long-term issuer default rating has slipped a little, affiliates of Blackstone that have a higher one back the reverse mortgage player.
Known for his personal style and his support of affordable housing, the former MBA president also earned an ignominious distinction as the face of the Financial Crisis.
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Initial overcollateralization is 15%, with a build up to a target equal to the minimum of 21.5% of the current pool balance, and 16.5% of the initial pool balance.
