The residential transition loan market hasn’t wavered as interest rates increase. Vontive is offering its first rated deal.

Commercial MBS investors organized by SFA shared a set of proposals that aim to increase transparency, address reporting challenges and minimize informational asymmetry.

Usage of VantageScore 4.0 is rising among mortgage lenders, helped by LLPAs at the GSEs and low prices for the scores. However, MBS investors have some hesitation regarding how VS4 scores compare to FICO scores.

Overall, issuance of expanded-credit MBS inched up 1.2% from the second quarter to $27.37 billion in the third quarter.

Several lenders that typically contribute significant amounts of loans to expanded-credit mortgage-backed securities reduced their contributions in the third quarter of 2026. (Includes three data tables.)

A recent analysis found that non-agency MBS issuance in the third quarter reached the second-highest production level since the third quarter of 2007.

“Investors love rising interest rates,” said Joseph Lau, president of LordCap Green and chairman of the Fixed Income Investor Network.

Refi volume in agency MBS issuance declined by 46.3% on a quarterly basis.

Issuers expect to keep securitizing loans at a similar pace even as interest rates rise.

Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes added four attorneys to its structured financial products litigation practice this year.