Fannie Mae’s retained mortgage portfolio surpassed the size of Freddie Mac’s in January, a first since 2022 as Fannie is adding to its MBS holdings at a faster rate than Freddie.

Despite drifting slightly lower at yearend, bank holding companies in 2025 increased the volume of MBS and ABS held in trading accounts. (Includes two data tables.)

Ken Michlitsch, managing director of the alternative lending group at Morgan Stanley, said the ABS structure was designed to address the needs of both insurance clients and asset managers.

ECGI plans to test tokenization of residential mortgages with up to $10 million of collateral.

The subservicer is working to improve services for nonprime borrowers, by expanding payment options and availability of virtual agents.

Mortgage rates inched higher this week after the U.S. and Israel carried out attacks in Iran, sparking fears of higher energy costs.

Austin Niemiec, chief revenue officer at Rocket Mortgage, will now head the lender’s wholesale channel as it looks to expand partnerships with brokers.

Lenders that focus on non-qualified mortgages are optimistic that originations will continue to increase this year.

Lenders expect ARM originations to continue to rise even as interest rates have begun to decline.

The Supreme Court struck down some of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, but duties remain on raw building materials.