S&P warns that with household debt-to-income ratios at very high levels and interest rates rising, arrears are expected to increase. Any weakness in the economy will only exacerbate this situation. Nevertheless, a significant increase in losses is not expected provided house prices avoid a correction.

Perhaps the most startling figures in the report relate to the rapid decline in RMBS outstandings. Outstandings of prime RMBS peaked at A$169 billion in June 2007 and by November 2009 had reached a low of just over A$95 billion – a decline of almost 45 per cent in less than 18 months. It is not surprising that there is now a resurgence in demand from investors.

In an unrelated move, S&P increased the ratings on three classes of notes issued by Liberty Series 2006-2 Trust. The underlying assets of the Trust are non-conforming and subprime mortgages.

Ratings on the Class B, C and D notes were raised to ‘AA’, ‘A’ and ‘BB+’ from ‘A’, ‘BBB+’ and ‘BB’, respectively. Amortisation of the underlying portfolio to less than 20 per cent of the original A$1.3 billion of mortgages means the notes are now adequately supported to withstand stresses that are commensurate with the higher rating levels.

S&P also noted that arrears on the portfolio have improved over the last year and have consistently remained below the industry average. Approximately, A$50 million of mortgages are in default but only A$4 million of losses have been incurred to date; all of which has been covered by excess spread. There is a A$16 million reserve to cover losses before charge-offs are made to the notes.

The orders, by the successor to the Industrial Relations Commission, are minor in their detail but carry a wider symbolism, with the updated machinery of arbitration grinding once again in banking, as in business generally.

The reasons for the single, narrow, order granted by the commissioner, Greg Smith, are of greater interest than the order itself. Smith found that CBA engaged in “unfair conduct which undermines collective bargaining.”

At the heart of the union’s complaint was the hypocrisy of the bank’s management, which on the one hand pleaded an inability to pay and announced unilateral pay rises that in real terms amounted to a cut in pay for staff covered by the collective agreement. On the other hand the bank freely negotiated with other staff.

“The point,” Smith wrote, “is whether or not there can be a different position put to the employees through their bargaining representative as opposed to the employees directly. “I am satisfied that CBA has not met the good faith bargaining requirements for the disclosure of relevant information. I am also satisfied that its conduct in having two different positions on wages: one for its employees in the collective bargaining forum and one for its employees directly, is unfair.”

The decision provides one window into the bank’s budgeting practices. The Finance Sector Union wanted an order outlining projected employee budget and spend figures for the next two calendar years. However, Glenn Fredericks, head of workplace advisory group at the bank told the commissioner that the bank did not have any documents of this kind.

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In the second part of a pre-recorded interview with the Seven Network, broadcast this morning, Mr Stevens described how his heart was in his mouth after the central bank surprised the market by slashing official interest rates by 1 per cent in the midst of the financial crisis. “There was a global panic in very important financial markets and everybody gets affected when there’s a panic, even if you are sound,” Mr Stevens told the Seven Network.

“I never had any doubts about the solvency of our banks,” he said. “We said very early on in our crisis that our banks were in a different class to the ones that were going under elsewhere. “We had confidence to say that because we had confidence they had been well supervised by (the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority) APRA and, I think, well managed.”

Mr Stevens said his heart was “in his mouth” as he watched the Australian dollar dive immediately after the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut the official cash rate by 1 per cent.  Minutes later, the currency steadied and recovered. The governor described the time of the crisis as “a pretty intense period”.  “You’d come in every day and there’d been some dramatic development overnight,” he said.  “It didn’t feel like plain sailing all the time.” Mr Stevens said he enjoyed his job “most days”.  “There’s been the odd day when it was not quite so much fun, but it’s a fascinating role. It’s a huge privilege.”

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Sitting close to the some of the state’s best beaches, the fibro or brick homes date from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s and have rarely changed hands. But as Australia’s ageing population moves on, the shacks are expected to hit the market where they will be snapped up for development. In Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, some two-bedroom huts that have been in the same family for 40 years could fetch up to $400,000. On the Gold Coast, where the humble homes have already been heavily phased out, they are selling for between $800,000 and $4 million. And in north Queensland, a one-bedroom shack on The Esplanade, Port Douglas, sits on the market for $2.4 million.

Ray White Maroochydore agent Oliver Shearer is selling a 1970s shack on Bungama St, Maroochydore. The deceased former owner bought it for $46,500 in 1984. The family is willing to accept anywhere between $200,000 to $350,000 when it goes to auction next Sunday. Nearby another deceased two-bedroom shack owned by one family since the 1960s is for sale at 17 Yorlambu Parade for over $420,000.

And there’s a fishing shack at 215 Broadwater Avenue West for $399,000. Mr Shearer said potential buyers were more interested in the block of land than the house. “It’s just a matter of time before they all turn over and become either modern houses or duplexes because most are on decent-sized blocks,” he said.

John Henderson Real Estate Mermaid Beach principal Andrew Henderson said the Gold Coast’s last shacks were mostly between the Gold Coast Highway and the sands of Mermaid Beach and Miami. Two recently sold on Redondo Ave, Miami, after three decades under their owners. One was demolished and the other renovated. However one woman holding tightly to her besser brick shack is 57-year-old Mary Motloch of Maroochydore.

She has been living for 39 years in the same two-bedroom home that her grandparents who raised her bought for $12,000 in 1971. “I’m staying put. I’ve got two cats, I can’t move with cats, a lot of places won’t take them,” she said. “I have been approached but where do you go? Here is so perfect.”

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Mr Debelle told a gathering of mortgage brokers and financiers in Melbourne that investor appetite for securities backed by residential mortgages had rebounded this year and it would help small lenders to compete against the major banks.

Since the financial crisis paralysed securitisation markets and drove up funding costs in 2007, the major banks’ share of the mortgage market has risen above 90 per cent as non-bank players were forced to rein in lending.

But Mr Debelle told the audience, which included representatives from lenders who rely on securitisation such as Bendigo Bank, Resimac and Stargate, that the market share of the major banks had peaked.

“Most of the loans you guys had been doing has gone to the major banks,” he told the audience.

“My guess is that (the major banks’ share) has topped out.

“As securitisation comes back, it does make the non-banks and regional banks more competitive.”

The rise of non-bank lenders such as Aussie Home Loans and Wizard in the mid-1990s forced major banks such as Westpac and Commonwealth Bank to reduce their variable rates to keep borrowers on their books.

However, when he was asked whether this would happen again as non-banks undercut the majors on rate offers, Mr Debelle was less optimistic.

“I’m not sure there will necessarily be lower home loan rates,” he said. “It’s not going to put downward pressure on mortgage rates but it will prevent upward pressure.”

When he was asked about the likelihood of further official rate rises this year, Mr Debelle said: They’re more likely to rise a little bit further.”

Mr Debelle also cast doubt on reports of a surge in mortgage stress, noting that the level of home loan arrears in Australia was “not at a particularly high level at all”.

Mr Debelle’s bullish outlook for securitisation came as Bendigo Bank announced that it was expanding its latest securitisation program by $450 million to $1.1 billion because of strong demand.

Bendigo chief executive Mike Hirst said the cost of raising funds via mortgage securitisation would reduce once the government’s funding guarantee expired on March 30.

“This offering demonstrated the solid demand which exists for high quality residential assets,” said Mr Hirst said.

“With the removal of the wholesale guarantee there should be more investor demand for mortgage-backed securities and I would expect to see tighter pricing going forward.”

A raft of small lenders including Members Equity Bank, Resimac, Liberty Financial, AMP Bank and Credit Union Australia have embarked on securitisation programs this year.

Source: www.heraldsun.com.au

In an encouraging sign to watchers of the securitisation market, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have increased their RMBS issue from $650m to $1.1bn.

The top-rated $1bn tranche paid 135 basis points over the prime rate in another encouraging sign that margins are continuing to normalise – opening up the possibility of non-bank lenders using the securitisation market in the future.

More than 22 investors participated in Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s issue, with a fifth of them coming from overseas.

According to S&P, the issue pool includes loans with an average loan-to-value ratio of 64% and a seasoning of 34 months.  There are no interest-only loans and all the loans are
fully documented.

source: www.brokernews.com.au