Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said the central bank’s balance sheet hasn’t grown as much as people think, but that MBS sales might be needed to balance the duration of assets and liabilities.

It may take time for MBS investors to fully understand how use of the new credit score for underwriting loans sold to the GSEs impacts pricing and hedge strategies.

If there’s any good news on the agency MBS front it’s that new issuance volume increased from the first quarter to the second. Then again, it was driven by seasonality.

Jersey Mike’s has started marketing a $400.0 million whole-business securitization, while Nothing Bundt Cakes is prepping a $445.0 million deal.

The $213.3 million transaction has several credit strengths, including a manual review of all underwriting decisions, Moody’s Ratings said.

Airlines have been balancing liquidity constraints through securitizations of loyalty program future flows, which sometimes exceed the earnings of actual flight operations, according to a recent report from S&P Global Ratings.

The dataset will provide investors and issuers access to performance metrics in the home equity line of credit market.

Will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cause federal deficits to grow and rates to spike? The simple answer seems to be yes, but so far the yield on the 10-year note hasn’t moved much.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust started issuing non-agency MBS in November as part of an effort to boost its investments in credit-sensitive assets. The REIT is now one of the most active players in the space.

There’s no consensus on how the Trump administration’s effort to end the conservatorship of the GSEs should address senior preferred shares in Fannie and Freddie.