While the delinquency rate for office property CMBS has (so far) been contained, the acceleration of the work-from-home trend may reduce demand for office space and increase cash flow volatility.

There’s little uniformity in how non-agency MBS issued before 2018 will address the end of LIBOR. The majority of deals will switch to a fixed rate, while others allow for an alternative reference rate.

Demand for non-QM MBS has returned to pre-pandemic levels even though the deals include a significant amount of loans in forbearance and fewer protections for investors.

But that’s easier said than done. The CMBS structure prohibits borrowers from taking on additional debt and includes a prepayment penalty clause, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pointed out.

Much of the criticism from the GOP concerned the re-proposed capital rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which will reduce the capital relief the GSEs receive for credit-risk transfers.

Now may not be the best time to expand in the commercial MBS space, but SitusAMC has bought the assets of Cohen Financial. A contrarian play?

Another day and another debt offering by a mortgage company. This time around the issuer is PennyMac Financial, a top-ranked Ginnie Mae issuer.

With revenue lower than expected due to the coronavirus pandemic, California is allowing electric utilities to use securitization to avoid sharp rate increases for customers.

Ginnie Mae said it is ready to facilitate the creation of a single-class MBS backed by ARMs linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

Following in the footsteps of Citi and JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo is preparing to issue a non-qualified mortgage MBS. The bank plans to securitize small pools of its non-agency originations on a regular basis.