Regional banks with strong local branch networks can price their loans at higher interest rates compared to national lenders that securitize their originations, according to a new research paper.

Annaly's $389.5 million expanded-credit mortgage-backed security ends a two-week period between expanded-credit MBS offerings.

VineBrook Homes is set to issue its first single-family rental securitization. Issuance in the sector ticked up in the third quarter after declining for more than a year.

Fundamental Income Properties recently closed an upsized $314.9 million single-tenant triple-net-lease securitization.

A 25-member bipartisan House group has called on the SEC to revise its proposed rule on conflicts of interest in the securitization market. The lawmakers said the SEC, in making the rule, went well beyond what was required by the Dodd-Frank Act.

MFA Financial and other non-QM players could benefit if interest rates stabilize heading into 2024.

Production of Ginnie Mae single-family mortgage-backed securities saw a modest increase in the third quarter. PennyMac lost some market share in the FHA program. (Includes four data charts.)

Activity in the sector is expected to pick in the coming months as DBRS is close to establishing criteria to rate securitizations of residential transition loans.

The volume of FHA loans securitized into Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities increased 2.3% between July and August, while VA loan production sent to Ginnie declined at a similar rate. (Includes two data charts.)

Mortgages in the new non-QM MBS from Change have seasoned for an average of just one month.