Fannie noted that lenders aren’t obligated to self-report any matters related to possible TRID non-compliance except in two limited circumstances where a repurchase demand is an authorized remedy.

Borrowers have been protected from pricing swings on the back-end Connecticut Avenue Securities Structured Agency Credit Risk transactions thus far because guarantee fees on the GSEs’ mortgages are set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Michael Heid, one of the new directors at Fannie Mae, recently retired as president of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.

Commercial banks and thrifts reported a further decline in their holdings of non-mortgage ABS during the first quarter, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis of call-report data. As of the end of March, banks held a combined $131.96 billion of ABS in their portfolio, including assets intended to be held to maturity as well as those available for sale. That represented a 2.3 percent drop from the end of 2015, and a hefty 15.9 percent decline from a year ago. It was...[Includes two data tables]

Fannie Mae plans to start issuing MBS backed by single-family, fixed-rate re-performing mortgages later this year. This week, the government-sponsored enterprise detailed some of the types of loans that will be included in the planned issuance. Both loans that cured on their own and mortgages that received a modification will be eligible for the new RPL securitization program. Among other factors, the mortgages must have been performing for at least six months. Loans modified via the Home Affordable Modification Program will be eligible for the MBS along with loans modified through the GSE’s proprietary mod programs. A number of different loan types will be excluded...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac produced $73.23 billion of single-family mortgage-backed securities in May, a solid 6.3 percent increase from April, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside The GSEs. The key ingredient was a 13.0 percent jump in the volume of purchase mortgages delivered by lenders last month. The GSEs securitized $33.25 billion of purchase-money mortgages in May, the strongest monthly total since October 2015 ... [Includes two data charts]

In anticipation of plans to securitize loans that had been previously delinquent, this week Fannie Mae announced that it will release historical data on some 700,000 re-performing loans. The release, scheduled for July, will include updated credit scores and loan-to-value ratios at issuance. This coincides with Fannie’s efforts to become more transparent and give the market the ability to analyze how these re-performing loans, or RPLs, have performed over ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac credit-risk transfer transactions have evolved since they were introduced in late 2012, according to a recent report by DBRS. The rating service analyzed Fannie’s Connecticut Avenue Securities and Freddie’s Structured Agency Credit Risk transactions and concluded that they have performed well with low delinquencies. DBRS attributed the strong performance to “prudent underwriting, the GSEs’ solid seller and servicer approval process and ...

Freddie Mac Sells $130 Million of NPLs. Last week, Freddie Mac announced it auctioned 487 deeply delinquent loans serviced by JPMorgan Chase Bank from its portfolio on May 31, 2016. The loans have been delinquent for approximately three and half years on average and the transaction is expected to settle in August 2016. Mortgages that were previously modified and subsequently became delinquent comprise ... [Includes two briefs]

Later this month, Fannie Mae will begin to use trended credit data when completing credit risk assessments on mortgages submitted to the government-sponsored enterprise. Fannie claims the data “allow a smarter, more thorough analysis” of a borrower’s credit history, though the mortgage approval rate by the GSE isn’t expected to change much. In Selling Guide Announcement SEL-2016-04 published last week, Fannie detailed plans for trended credit data in the pending ...