The flow of new single-family mortgage-backed securities in Ginnie pools dribbled to just $22.66 billion last month. Through the first two months of the year, volume was down 53.9% from the same period in 2022.

While it leaned away from MBS, Annaly continued to grow its portfolio of MSRs...

After undertaking drastic leadership changes in December, Chimera is now looking to expand its investments beyond reperforming loans.

The loans backing the deal have seasoned for an average of 15.5 months...

For the sixth month in a row, Ginnie was the top agency issuer...

After playing defense in 2022, investors appear to be willing to deploy capital even as the MBS and ABS markets face numerous headwinds. Attendance at this week’s SFVegas conference hit a record level.

The mortgage servicing rights market has been incredibly volatile lately, Ginnie Mae President Alanna McCargo told attendees at SFVegas.

Prime jumbos are unlikely to account for the majority of non-agency MBS issued this year, a first for the products since the time before the financial crisis. Non-QM MBS issuance is holding up better and second-lien securitizations are building some momentum.

The GSEs issued $192.18 billion of Supers in the fourth quarter, a 65.5% boost from the previous period...

Two new issuers are offering expanded-credit MBS, there’s a securitization backed by newly-originated second liens and the jumbo MBS market is showing more signs of life.