Some $1.57 billion in prime non-agency MBS were issued in the fourth quarter, down 61.3 percent…

AMC acquired Stewart’s residential due diligence and servicing functions, including credit, compliance, origination and servicing quality control reviews.

Why the change of heart? For most of last year, HUD and FHA officials nixed the idea of cutting the premium…

One big positive for lenders: the mortgage industry could see a reduction in new rule-making from HUD and perhaps a reversal of certain regulations promulgated during the Obama administration.

Mortgage insurance stocks aren't have a good day. Blame the FHA MIP cut?

FHA collateral still accounted for over half of Ginnie issuance, but the 2016 total was up a more subdued 8.2 percent from the previous year…

In 2016, the non-agency MBS market was a dud…

Growth was far from uniform among servicers, Inside Mortgage Finance found…

It looks like Redwood Trust will be the first out the door with a jumbo security in 2017. Who’s next?

Another record year for Ginnie Mae MBS issuance plus strong volume in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac programs helped push total securitization of residential mortgages and non-mortgage ABS to a three-year high of $1.698 trillion in 2016. A new Inside MBS & ABS analysis shows that total MBS and ABS issuance – not including commercial MBS – was up 13.3 percent from 2015. Agency production of single-family MBS totaled $1.481 trillion in 2016, up 17.5 percent from the previous year. Over a third of that came from Ginnie, which set a new annual record with $507.5 billion in single-family MBS issuance. The non-agency MBS market was...[Includes three data tables]