Bottom line: Investment-property loans were a bright spot, accounting for nearly 60% of expanded-credit MBS...

Aided by cheap money and ultra-low mortgage rates, Ginnie EBOs could pad quarterly earnings...

Some analysts wonder if the fee cut is sufficient enough to drive the GSEs to resume issuing MBS with commingled collateral.

Investment-property loans gained share in expanded-credit MBS issuance and many of the typical contributors to deals were absent in the fourth quarter. (Includes three data charts.)

Six expanded-credit MBS started marketing within the past two weeks and there are also offerings of prime jumbos, HELOCs and even a credit-risk transfer deal from Santander Bank.

Thanks to rising rates and sagging home values, early buyouts from Ginnie MBS are starting to look long in the tooth. Opportunities are out there, but are not for the faint of heart. (Includes data chart.)

The agency’s earnings increased in fiscal year 2022 while its MBS issuance declined by 30.5% on an annual basis. Ginnie defended its reliance on contractors and upcoming revisions to capital requirements.

Given the yield on the security, the offering should be well received.

Much of the increase in the fourth quarter was tied to newly-delinquent loans...

Freedom Financial issued a similar HELOC deal in November.