Revised rating methodologies by DBRS and other rating services could lead to mortgages with private MI going into non-agency MBS.

Ginnie loosens requirements for RPL pooling; Fannie sees tighter spreads with latest CRT issuance; tender offers on outstanding CRT transactions; new ABS issuers; DBRS proposes changes to commercial MBS rating methodology.

The MBA, NAHB and NAR want the Fed to announce it’s done raising interest rates and that it won’t sell MBS holdings until there’s some stability in the housing market. The request could fall on deaf ears.

Warehouse lender Texas Capital Bank claims it lost money after Ginnie Mae extinguished its interest in liens associated with the now-defunct Reverse Mortgage Funding.

There is still no firm release date on FHFA’s once-in-a-hundred-year review of the Federal Home Loan Bank system. The report was supposed to come out by the end of September.

The current bad times for lenders can’t last forever. Eventually, the Federal Reserve will ease credit and normalcy will return to the industry. But before we get there, more job cuts will be the order of the day.

Many owners of MSRs will have an opportunity to mark up the asset value of their holdings when reporting third-quarter results. However, the gains likely won’t be all that large.

Uncertainty over the future of interest rates is hampering the housing market, according to economists.

If the National Flood Insurance Program is allowed to lapse mid-November, the impact could extend beyond single-family lending, the Congressional Research Service has warned.

Smaller real estate investors are playing a larger role in the housing market as inventory fails to keep up with demand.