Issuance of non-agency MBS with deals backed by mortgages bought out from Ginnie Mae MBS has increased in recent months. Once they’re reperforming, those loans can be re-delivered to Ginnie.

Ginnie Mae is looking for ways in which smaller and less well-capitalized entities can access its securitization platform.

In a rising rate environment, issuers of jumbo MBS are seeing better pricing when the loans in their deals have short average seasoning times.

Annaly Capital Management is increasing the amount of capital it dedicates to aggregating non-agency mortgages and issuing MBS.

This week, Annaly, the Change Company, Credit Suisse and Lone Star Funds all offered their second individual expanded-credit MBS of the year. Activity is also humming along in the prime non-agency market.

Fitch’s review of 225 non-agency MBS prompts downgrade of a single tranche; Unison issues securitization with residential equity agreements; Carrington offers to complete certain non-QM origination tasks for brokers.

Goldman Sachs continues to spread its wings in the non-agency MBS market. Last year, the firm tripled its non-agency issuance from 2020.

Ginnie Mae has added a “green status” field to its multifamily MBS disclosures, its first environmental, social and governance disclosure in the multifamily space.

Annaly Capital Management’s net income declined by nearly 20% from the third to the fourth quarter and AGNC Investment took a loss as agency MBS values fluctuated due to actions by the Federal Reserve.

Ginnie Mae should develop policies to attract more issuers to maintain its MBS program liquidity, according to Whalen Global Advisors.