Also, there’s a growing fear that in the absence of Congressional action, a free-market leaning Treasury Department, in tandem with a Trump-appointed FHFA director, might alter the way GSEs operate...
The agency single-family MBS market stepped into the spring homebuying season with a solid increase in production, though still coming up slightly short of last year’s activity. [Includes two data charts.]
Competition between Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on MBS guarantee fees appeared to play a role in Freddie’s surge in market share during the fourth quarter, but the price war seemed to ease up in 2018.
It appears the mortgage real estate investment trust sector – a somewhat stable universe the past few years – might be ready for a major rollup, courtesy of margin compression and tighter margins.
The Angel Oak Companies has officially entered the small-balance commercial loan market, focusing on credits of $5 million or less for a host of properties, including multifamily, industrial, mixed-use, retail and medical.
Fitch Ratings last week upgraded 18 non-agency MBS backed by seasoned loans. The deals had been issued in recent years and performed better than the rating service expected.
A number of issuers are exploring bringing ABS backed by life-contingent structured settlements, according to DBRS. Interest in the sector increased following a $59.9 million deal DRB Capital issued near the end of 2017 backed by annuities and life-contingent structured settlement receivables.
Ginnie Mae has reinstated one of two VA lenders it suspended last month for alleged loan churning practices that triggered rapid prepayments in the agency’s MBS.
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