Trends in the agency mortgage-backed securities market suggest that private mortgage insurers may have gained some market share from government MI programs during the third quarter of 2016, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securitized a total of $75.89 billion of insured single-family mortgages during the third quarter, an increase of 29.5 percent from the previous period. That was a tad below the 29.7 percent increase in overall MBS production by the two government-sponsored enterprises, but it kept the private MI share at 26.8 percent for the third quarter. Meanwhile, the booming Ginnie Mae market showed...[Includes two data tables]
Fannie Mae has significantly ramped up its nonperforming loan sales in 2016, while Freddie Mac is running slightly behind the pace it set in 2015. Fannie offered $4.69 billion of NPLs through the first nine months of this year, compared to $2.78 billion for all of 2015. The government-sponsored enterprise announced five more pools totaling $1.39 billion up for sale this week, moving the year-to-date total to $6.08 billion. The latest sale is...
“It is critically important for the GSEs to develop and implement additional CRT structures that are accessible to lenders of all sizes and business models in order to avoid reconcentration of the origination and servicing market,” writes MBA President Dave Stevens.
Five deals were issued during the quarter, led by a $2.65 billion MBS from Chase that combined mortgages eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises and jumbo loans.
Issuance of new residential MBS and non-mortgage ABS rose sharply in the third quarter of 2016, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. The market produced a total of $494.11 billion in new MBS and ABS during the third quarter, a 25.0 percent increase from the second quarter. That brought year-to-date production to $1.208 trillion, slightly ahead of the pace set during the same period in 2015. It was...[Includes one data table]
Ginnie Mae set new monthly and quarterly production records during the third quarter of 2016, leading the agency MBS market to a huge 24.6 percent increase in new issuance, according to a new market analysis and ranking by Inside MBS & ABS. The three agencies produced $428.36 billion in new single-family MBS during the third quarter. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac actually had bigger increases from the second quarter, but Ginnie was the star of the show. Ginnie recorded...[Includes two data tables]