Last year’s issuance of private-label residential mortgage-backed securities was more than double 2016’s level. Further growth is expected this year.
Overall international structured-finance issuance was roughly $930 billion
during 2017, coming in 39 percent higher than in 2016.
This year, the growth of global structured finance volume
is expected to continue — with approximately $1 trillion in issuance predicted.
Those predictions were made in Global Structured Finance Outlook 2018: Volume Could Reach $1 Trillion If Steady Economic Conditions Persist from S&P Global Ratings.
“The growth has been sustained by expectations of a 3 percent year-over-year increase in U.S. GDP, combined with expectations of GDP growth of 2 percent or more in Canada and most of Europe, as well as continued growth in the Asia-Pacific region,” the report said.
Non-agency U.S. RMBS issuance came to $70 billion during all of 2017, S&P said. That was substantially more than the $50 billion predicted in June 2017 by the New York-based ratings agency.
Last year’s private-label issuance was more than double the securitization volume during 2016, when RMBS issuance came to $34 billion.
“The market grew not only in traditional sectors but also in areas such as single-family rental and credit risk transfer transactions,” S&P said. “Perhaps the most notable feature of the RMBS market was the increase in non-qualified mortgage issuance and issuers observed throughout the year.”
During all of 2018, S&P projects RMBS issuance will be between $80 billion and $100 billion.
RMBS performance is expected to remain stable.
