Losses on non-agency MBS backed by re-performing loans issued in recent years have been minimal, according to DBRS. Performance has been helped by home price appreciation, and the one deal to suffer significant losses was an outlier in terms of the types of loans it included.

The daily trading volume in agency MBS averaged $209.1 billion in 2017, the best showing in four years, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Remarkably, Freddie Mac knocked out roughly $34.60 billion in multifamily MBS – over half of its total for the year – during the fourth quarter...

Statistical sampling, which gained widespread acceptance in MBS repurchase cases after the housing crisis, is being rejected in many courts today, legal experts say.

The year is still young, but two of the largest real estate investment trusts – Annaly Capital Management and New Residential Investment Corp. – have already priced stock deals totaling $852.5 million.

The aircraft ABS sector had a great 2017 and this year may be just as good, even though there could be some bumps along the way.

Lennar said the mortgages funded by its affiliate were “originated and sold in prior years.”

The provisions would seem to eliminate income from mortgage banking from receiving the full benefits of the deduction.

The law firm helped a number of companies structure MSR financing transactions last year.

As for the FHFA position, several trade group chiefs fear that once Watt departs, the FHFA will be put in the hands of a Mick Mulvaney-type...