In the past, Freddie has always included a premium to convince investors to cash in.

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Ginnie Mae believes the year-plus implementation period should give potentially affected issuers enough time to plan and execute strategies for coming into compliance its new risk-based capital requirements.

Agency single-family MBS production continued to erode in the third quarter despite a modest pickup in purchase loans. Meanwhile, issuance fell sharply in the commercial MBS and ABS markets. (Includes three data charts.)

For the first time, Freddie Mac is attempting to buy back certain uneconomical STACRs without offering a premium.

Investors tend to buy mortgage REIT stocks for the dividends they pay. But the sector, overall, has suffered this year, thanks in part to the widening spread between Treasuries and MBS.

Delinquencies on auto ABS are now above pre-pandemic levels, while losses are approaching the same threshold. Still, rating services aren’t too concerned, noting used vehicle prices and unemployment levels.

The cocktail of recessionary risk and inflation is putting pressure on the performance of MBS and ABS. Some sectors will perform better than others.

Private equity investors are turning to collateralized fund obligations, which include some features from the collateralized loan obligation sector. KBRA rated its first CFO last week.

Rocket and UWM ranked first and second, respectively, in terms of MBS issuance through the first nine months of 2022.