A key Treasury Department official last month said the Federal Housing Finance Agency will remain committed to the single-security initiative no matter who the Trump administration names to take over the regulator of the two government-sponsored enterprises.

Ginnie Mae has restricted three issuers from putting VA mortgages in standard multi-issuer MBS pools as it continues to police the ranks for alleged churning activities.

Industry participants are preparing for a transition away from the London Inter-bank Offered Rate in MBS and ABS but more needs to be done, according to an analysis by Fitch Ratings.

Some of the nation’s largest MBS-investing real estate investment trusts are seeing their share values wither a bit as the summer approaches, but for the most part their fortunes look fairly intact.

An investigation was launched last week into whether banks have been manipulating the prices in the government-sponsored enterprises’ unsecured debt.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency and Morningstar Credit Ratings recently expanded the types of products they will assess with new criteria for Property Assessed Clean Energy ABS and single-asset/single-borrower commercial MBS, respectively.

All three agencies saw gains from April volume with Fannie posting the biggest increase…

Treasury counselor Craig Phillips advised meeting participants to assure their bosses and government affairs offices that Treasury is fully committed to the project. “If you have problems, tell them to call me,” he quipped.

To conservatives in the financial services industry, Mick Mulvaney is a hero.

For years, values on Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights have lagged behind the prices paid for Fannie Mae and Freddie product, but finally it appears the government market is catching up.