FHA/VA loans in COVID-19-related forbearance continue to drop; VA updates eligibility rules on specially adapted housing grants; HUD plans a fair housing event; Ginnie non-agency early buyout securitization planned; VA to host advisory committee meeting on homeless veterans.

The activity in the non-agency MBS market is occurring even as some lenders are once again taking their investment-property volume to the GSEs.

One message: High tech won't protect you from the government's wrath.

Soon, the nonbanks will report 3Q results, including their latest MSR valuations...

One of the most active warehouse providers to non-QM lenders is Silvergate Bank in La Jolla...

The non-agency securitization business is hot but maybe it’s too hot? Some market participants contend issuing banks are eyeing the rating services for talent.

Three topics — ESG, COVID and George Floyd — dominated the past year in the mortgage market and will shape the GSEs’ future.

Investors bought more MBS in September than August if trading numbers are any indication. Meanwhile, all eyes are on the Fed and the question of tapering.

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. has closed its first agricultural MBS, valued at $302.7 million.

The central bank may reduce its purchase of new agency MBS, but experts say it’s unlikely to allow current holdings to roll off. That reinvestment strategy means the Fed’s post-taper purchases could approach $60 billion in MBS a month.