A recent report from the Congressional Research Service suggests that it may be difficult to simultaneously raise the capital requirements for the GSEs and shrink their footprint, and still expect them to attract equity investors.

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However, the group did post a 1.9% increase in its investment of non-agency MBS, boosting aggregate holdings to $7.07 billion.

In an interview with Inside Mortgage Finance, CampusDoor Chief Executive Officer Steve Winnie declined to say exactly what the new rate might be, but offered up this ray of hope: “We’ll be competitive.”

Most of the industry's big increase in first-quarter repurchases came from USAA Federal Savings Bank. (Includes data chart.)

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Lenders with correspondent networks that buy already-funded mortgages (agency or otherwise) are pondering their sale options.

Prepayment speeds are dropping on agency MBS but there could be choppy waters ahead on VA IRRRLs. For now, VA is staying quiet.

All things equal, "agency" jumbo volume might be expected to grow when loan limits are raised.