In this report, we update clients on the mortgage-market implications of the bank regulators’ proposal to rid their rules of ratings. We stand by our preliminary conclusion: the NPR will redefine mortgage securitization, especially when carried over from the trading to the banking book. Below, as promised, we refine our initial conclusions to parse the impact on the GSEs, Ginnie, MIs and private securitizers.

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