Fannie Mae expanded its portfolio by adding both whole loans and MBS, while Freddie Mac cut whole loans as it added MBS.

The agency will exclude FHA mortgages on trial payment plans when calculating an issuer’s delinquency ratio.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals altered some of its original findings in a lawsuit dealing with MBS liability under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Much of the first-quarter decline in CLO issuance came from a sharp slowdown in reset and refinance transactions. Meanwhile, issuance backed by commercial real estate is having a moment.

Itasca Park issued its first non-agency MBS issuance this week and Blackstone made its return to the non-agency MBS market as an issuer.

Federal student loan program changes will take effect in July, impacting student loan ABS.

Stakeholders are speculating on the next steps for bringing the new credit scores to market without complete transparency.

The trade group said a single-pull credit report is enough, if there are proper guardrails in place to prevent lenders and borrowers from “gaming the system.”

Several companies in the mortgage space are in the process of changing hands.

Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, believes the Basel III re-proposal would allow banks engaged in the mortgage business to further expand their operations.