Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are a type of mortgage-backed security backed by commercial and multifamily mortgages rather than residential...

A mortgage-backed security (MBS) is a type of asset-backed security (an "instrument") which is secured by a mortgage or collection of mortgages. The mortgages...

Residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) are a type of mortgage-backed security backed by residential real estate mortgages. Bonds securitizing mortgages are...

were held by asset-backed trusts (issuers of CMBS), 12% were held by government-sponsored enterprises and Agency and GSE-backed mortgage pools, and 10% were...

securities. The housing bubble preceding the crisis was financed with mortgage-backed securities (MBSes) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), which initially...

the commercial mortgage industry. Commercial mortgage-backed securities are bonds offered to investors that are collateralized by a pool of commercial mortgage...

basket of 20 subprime mortgage-backed securities. On 17 January 2006, CDS Indexco and Markit launched ABX.HE, a subprime mortgage backed credit derivative...

Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Mortgage-backed security United States Treasury security "Federal...

asset-backed security (ABS). Originally developed as instruments for the corporate debt markets, after 2002 CDOs became vehicles for refinancing mortgage-backed...

an interest in the mortgage through a mortgage-backed security. In such a situation, the initial lender is known as the mortgage originator, which then...