Commercial banks and savings institutions are not major investors in the non-mortgage ABS market, and their holdings slipped again during the third quarter of 2017, according to a newInside MBS & ABS ranking and analysis.
Language in the pending Senate tax bill that could hammer the value of mortgage servicing rights is causing grave concern in the industry and, if the wording remains, nonbank mortgage firms could get hammered financially.
Ginnie Mae will soon announce a series of measures to resolve improper refinancing of VA loans that is causing rapid prepayments in the agency’s MBS, according to Michael Bright, Ginnie’s acting president.
Some servicers in recent years have tapped the securitization market to help finance the purchase of mortgage servicing rights. Structures for deals from three nonbanks have varied significantly, ac-cording to an analysis by Moody’s Investors Service.
The credit-risk transfer programs at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac suggest that the two government-sponsored enterprises are charging MBS guarantee fees that are somewhat higher than market ex-pectations, according to a new Federal Housing Finance Agency report.
There may be more room for private investors in the secondary mortgage market sooner than ex-pected, if congressional testimony this week from Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell, President Trump’s nominee to replace Fed chief Janet Yellen, is a reliable indicator.
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