The decline was driven by conventional-conforming mortgages and government-insured mortgages. The securitization rate for non-agency mortgages actually jumped in the first quarter. (Includes data table.)

Officials at Ginnie Mae noted that prepayment rates on Ginnie MBS increased at a faster rate than prepayment rates for GSE MBS due to a quirk in interest rates on VA refinances.

The battle between lenders and the GSEs over loan buybacks continues. But why force a repurchase if the loan is performing?

Lenders are compensating for climate change by requiring higher downpayments for properties in areas of higher flood risk and increasing subordination levels in securities with a higher concentration of mortgages in flood zones.

There’s new chatter that no matter who occupies the White House come January, change may finally be in the air. But the key to ending the almost 16-year-old GSE conservatorships is to figure out how to placate MBS investors.

Goldman Sachs jumped into the HELOC securitization market, sourcing HELOCs from various lenders.

The volume of government purchase loans securitized into Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities grew in May for the third month in a row. Refi volume declined somewhat compared with April.

Did the Fed jump the gun by deciding to slow the pace of balance sheet reduction without waiting until it approached the point of ample reserves?

Select Portfolio Servicing is one of the largest non-agency MBS servicers in the nation — and it’s on the auction block once again.

Time to REIT-up for United Wholesale Mortgage? Not really, company management said recently. Just two A-paper nonbank lender/servicers — Freedom Mortgage and PennyMac — have jumped into the REIT pond, with different growth outcomes.