Invictus has launched a new business to provide insurance companies with access to residential loans.

Close to half of the prime non-agency MBS volume in the market since early May has been in GSE-eligible mortgages. Rocket Mortgage is the latest issuer with a GSE-eligible offering, including a number of loans with eNotes.

Initial partners for Figure’s new marketplace include The Loan Store, Movement Mortgage, Bayview Asset Management and Saluda Grade.

There’s new chatter that no matter who occupies the White House come January, change may finally be in the air. But the key to ending the almost 16-year-old GSE conservatorships is to figure out how to placate MBS investors.

As AI becomes ubiquitous in both the origination and securitization of loans, the U.S. regulatory framework is likely to evolve closer to the stricter rules used in the European Union.

Nearly 34,000 leases for equipment finance are set to go into a new securitization from ClickLease. The firm focuses on lending to subprime and near-prime borrowers.

Did the Fed jump the gun by deciding to slow the pace of balance sheet reduction without waiting until it approached the point of ample reserves?

Select Portfolio Servicing is one of the largest non-agency MBS servicers in the nation — and it’s on the auction block once again.

Issuance jumped in May and volume year-to-date is well above the level of issuance seen in the first half of 2023. Investor demand has remained strong amid the surge in issuance.

The SEC or another federal entity should map credit ratings among competing rating services, similar to efforts by regulators in other countries, according to Morningstar. The firm said rating mapping can help keep competition strong among rating services.