Securitized loans from the Federal Family Education Loan program could receive negative credit rating marks if the Department of Education is successfully dissolved by the Trump administration.

Analysts worry that FHFA’s more hands-on intervention in GSE management may hint at the return of the net worth sweep and the dashing of any hopes of an end to the conservatorships.

Nothing like a good trade war to drive down MBS values and cause interest rates to rise. Yes, some mortgage investors are nervous. Overblown? We’ll find out.

HECM loan issuers are uncertain of the timeline for Ginnie to implement HMBS 2.0 amid agency-wide staffing cuts, but are confident it retained some degree of primacy on the agency’s to-do list.

The nearly 800 lease terminations announced by the General Services Administration in the past 30 days have been linked to 64 commercial MBS. And some terminations have been reinstated.

A bill that would exclude mortgage trustees from new Maryland licensing requirements passed a state senate committee vote.

Plaintiffs in Berkley Insurance v. FHFA may finally receive a $612.4 million jury award granted in August 2023.

A new securitization includes $51.8 million of real estate tax liens primarily for residential and commercial properties.

Fed reduces redemption cap for Treasury securities, allows agency MBS runoff to proceed; Annaly to issue securitization with HELOCs; non-agency MBS term financing transaction from PIMCO.

Santander Bank was the largest issuer of vehicle ABS in 2024. The bank’s non-agency MBS effort has the ability to commit $2.5 billion in capital.