Ginnie’s HMBS 2.0 Proposal Will Need Investor Buy-In July 18, 2024 Monica Hogan The proposal aims to address issues that contributed to the failure of HECM lender Reverse Mortgage Funding in early 2022.Read More
First of its Kind Securitization Involving SBA Loans July 18, 2024 Shannon Clark The pooling of about $100 million of SBA loans should provide economies of scale to smaller lenders.Read More
Freddie Announces Multifamily Giant PCs July 18, 2024 Dennis Hollier The new PCs will provide investors more flexibility and efficiency by allowing them to consolidate smaller securities.Read More
Rocktop, LiquidFi Team Up on Tool for Mortgage Investments July 18, 2024 James Dohnert The new platform uses blockchain to make it easier to verify fixed-income assets and to decrease trading timelines.Read More
Grapevine: REIT Faces Scrutiny; New Feature on Fannie CRT July 18, 2024 Brandon Ivey Arbor Realty Trust affirms accounting, business practices; Fannie offers new CRT tranche; two ABS issuers under pressure.Read More
Stable Forecast for Residential MBS; CMBS, Not So Much July 11, 2024 Dennis Hollier Fitch Ratings sees relatively smooth sailing for residential MBS this year while times are tough in the CMBS market, and the worst could be yet to come.Read More
Industry Experts Seek to Create Unified Mortgage Data Platform July 11, 2024 Shannon Clark The platform could resolve some common industry frustrations involving the analysis of mortgage data.Read More
Freddie Works to Facilitate Servicing Financing Deals July 11, 2024 Brandon Ivey In June, Freddie Mac provided new disclosures, aiming to speed the process for approvals of servicing financing transactions.Read More
Hometap Issues its First Rated HEI Securitization July 11, 2024 James Dohnert Four rated deals have been issued in recent months. Morningstar established rating criteria for HEI securitizations late last year.Read More
How Effective Was the Bank Term Funding Program? July 11, 2024 Dennis Hollier Fed researchers quantify the effect of BTFP’s use of par valuations for collateral during the 2023 banking crisis.Read More