New pooling restrictions announced last week by Ginnie Mae to curb churning and prepayment speed spikes are likely a precursor to future changes in pooling and refinancing policies at Ginnie and the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to analysts.

The average daily trading volume in agency MBS inched up to $223.6 billion in November, the second best showing of the year, according to figures compiled by the Securities Industry and Finan-cial Markets Association. The only other month that was stronger was January at $229.8 billion.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle lost an appeal in an MBS case against Barclays Capital this week in which it claimed the investment banker made false statements or left out certain facts about the securities it sold in 2008. But the Court of Appeals of Washington State ruled that theFHLBank was fully aware of what it was buying at the time.

Great Ajax is a real estate investment trust that formed in 2014 and went public in early 2015.

The fastest-growing segment is the Ginnie Mae market…

Moody’s said GSE participation will continue to erode the sector’s reliance on commercial MBS as a source of financing…

Of course, the Trump administration has a history of shooting first and asking questions later…

The panel approved the bill on a partisan vote of 33 to 27. It was one of 13 bills advanced by the panel…

The share price of online loan broker LendingTree is looking a bit pricey these days at $337.80 a unit...

The CHLA repeated its plea that FHFA Director Mel Watt withhold GSE dividend payments to Treasury and allow Fannie and Freddie to build capital…