MBS and Mortgage Investor Activity

Top Bank Holding Company MBS Investors

Ranking of the top bank holding company MBS investors by total MBS holdings by year. 1996-2005 and 2011 data list the top 50, while 2006-2010 data list the top 25.

  • Data from 2001-2006 include numbers for pass-through holdings including Ginnie Mae, Fannie/Freddie and private label holdings, as well as CMO/REMIC holdings including agency-issued, agency-backed and other.
  • 2006-2010 data also include rankings broken down by MBS type, including GNMA, Fannie/Freddie, and private mortgage pass-throughs, as well as agency-issued, agency-backed and other CMO/REMICs.
  • 2006, and 2008-2010 data include mortgage security holdings for the last two quarters and the quarter one year prior to the most recent. Quarter-to-quarter change as a percentage is given, as is percentage of total assets that are MBSs.
  • 1996-1999 data include holdings of agency, private label and CMO/REMICs MBSs as well as change from the previous year.

Please note that 2000 data are not available.

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