It’s been nearly seven years since the market for so-called private-label mortgage bonds, or those that aren’t backed by government-related entities, dried up. For years, government policy makers and financiers have speculated over when those markets might meaningfully revive.
But given the weak issuance of such private mortgage-backed securities since the financial crisis deepened, there’s a good case to be made that that market is dead, said Joseph Tracy, a senior adviser at the New York Federal Reserve Bank, at a conference sponsored by Zillow last week in Washington.
via Is the Private Mortgage-Bond Market Dead or Dormant? – Real Time Economics – WSJ.