Interest rate hikes in many regions have slowed home price growth, but even where prices have started to decline, affordability remains strained. What are the implications for mortgage-backed securities, particularly for transactions backed by mortgages originated in the past year, when home prices were peaking?

Guests: Rodrigo Conde Puentes, Vice President – Structured Finance Group, Moody’s Investors Service, Sonny Weng, Vice President – Structured Finance Group, Moody’s Investors Service, and Ilya Serov, Associate Managing Director – Structured Finance Group.

Host: Aaron Johnson, Vice President – Research, Moody’s Investors Service.

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