Numerous industry participants support FHFA developing a social bond designation for single-family MBS issuance from the GSEs. There are lingering concerns about the impact on the agency MBS market and borrower privacy.

The need for Ginnie Mae nonbank issuers to have ongoing access to capital is key to their success, and that informs the agency’s approach to policy and risk management, said Ginnie President Alanna McCargo. 

Spreads on new non-agency MBS issuance are tightening. Still, issuance is expected to decline on an annual basis.

With mortgage banking profits under pressure these days, sleep is still being lost over what might go wrong in the nonbank sector regarding Ginnie Mae obligations. One idea: a commercial paper backstop.

The FDIC has filed several lawsuits related to its role as receiver in the liquidation of Washington Mutual.

Fitch Ratings has released an exposure draft of criteria for rating single-borrower single-family rental securitizations, with key ratings drivers including property valuation analysis and ratings stresses.

UBS exiting TBA trading business; Ginnie to increase servicing disclosures; Ellington to acquire Arlington.

With the Fed’s exit from the market and the push for shorter durations at banks, industry participants ponder what price agency MBS will clear at and what it will cost homebuyers.

If the federal government doesn’t increase its debt ceiling in the near term, payments to investors in MBS and ABS will largely still continue as usual, according to DBRS. But there are significant risks in terms of borrower performance.

The future of Select Portfolio Servicing is unknown, but $37.1 billion of its mostly non-agency servicing rights recently hit the auction block.