MBS-investing REITs continue to pay sweet dividends but the asset value of their holdings has come under pressure thanks to spiking interest rates. First-quarter earnings should be revealing.

Experts compare today’s bond market to the bearish days of 1994, predicting a recession in the fall. But better times are coming. Maybe.

The Structured Finance Association is evaluating the most popular corporate ESG frameworks to see how they could be applied in the securitization industry.

Fannie and Freddie continue to take different routes to reducing their retained mortgages portfolios.

Fannie’s CEO is set to retire. The GSE chair is departing as well; Waterfall Asset Management launches non-agency MBS with Ginnie EBOs; hurricanes impacting performance of solar ABS.

MBS and ABS tied to floating-rate assets could see rising delinquencies as interest rates increase. Inflation also remains a concern, though Fitch and Moody’s suggest that most deals can weather the storm.

Non-QM lending was supposed to be an industry bright spot this year, but unhedged loan pipelines are causing selected damage throughout the sector. One victim: Sprout Mortgage.

The Fed revealed this week that any sales from its agency MBS portfolio will be telegraphed well in advance. Still, rates continue to rise.

Secondary market player Maxex has received a new round of funding from its backers, but details are a bit light. The platform hopes to engage in more non-QM trading this year.

Only 4% of MBS and ABS assessed by Fitch received a positive rating impact from ESG factors. Meanwhile, S&P is set to expand its assessments in the ESG space.