It wasn’t a pretty month for MBS trades. And with interest rates rising, the age-old question looms: Where do we go from here?

Head of investment strategy at Amherst Pierpont Securities said changes to FHA premiums based on the MMIF capital ratio had big impacts on prepayments following the Great Recession.

The new Choice Lease program targets low- to medium-income individuals and is offering below market rents.

Market growth in 2022, though more restrained than in 2021, should give Fannie and Freddie plenty of runway to hit their multifamily caps for the year.

Agency securitization of insured refi loans fell 15.3% last year, with the private MI sector taking a hard hit.

The best performer, in terms of sequential growth was JPMorgan Chase, up 4.6%.

The GAO noted the Biden administration halted coordinated administrative reform efforts established by the Trump administration.

Early reporters of fourth-quarter results are giving the mortgage industry a glimpse of what’s to come for everyone else: weak or negative origination growth. Message: The party can’t last forever.

It’s not easy to bring multi-state enforcement actions, yet regulators from 44 states signed consent orders with 441 loan officers who lied about having completed required annual continuing education courses.

Hunting for new sources of revenue, several regional banks are planning to offer credit lines to nonbank mortgage shops. The collateral: MSRs.