Meanwhile, rumors abound that Fannie and Freddie may once again be looking at the possibility of selling some of its nonperforming mortgages…

Jumbo MBS issuers typically acquire their loans from a variety of sources. However, only three lenders contributed mortgages to each of the four jumbo MBS issued during the first quarter: Guaranteed Rate, PrimeLending and RPM Mortgage.

Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer told IMFnews that the sale will clear once “missing files” are cleaned up by Bank of America.

FHFA notes that the legislation “requires a great deal of regulatory coordination but primarily places this responsibility on FMIC.”

Who gave up market share to nonbank lenders? The biggest decline was among banks with over $1 trillion in assets: JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup.

Commercial mortgage securitization – including non-agency commercial MBS and multifamily securitizations by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae – declined by 22.1 percent in the first quarter of 2014.

A total of $32.6 billion of income-property mortgages were securitized during the first three months of 2014, a soft beginning for a market that posted its best year since the financial collapse during 2013. Commercial mortgage securitization – including non-agency commercial MBS and multifamily securitizations by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae – declined by 22.1 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Total issuance was off 30.4 percent from the same period last year. Both agency and non-agency issuance was...[Includes two data charts]

Servicer-advance rates on vintage non-agency MBS have been up and down in recent quarters, showing further variances based on the servicer and issuer. The fluctuations have made it difficult to project valuations for certain securities, but industry analysts suggest that as mortgage performance continues to improve, servicer-advance rates will stabilize. The rate at which servicers advanced missed borrower payments on mortgages in non-agency MBS decreased slightly on a quarterly basis in the first quarter of 2014 after a gain the previous quarter, according to Fitch Ratings. Pooling and servicing agreements for non-agency MBS require servicers to continue making advance payments until the payments are deemed non-recoverable. Non-agency MBS values are...

Passage of legislation from Sens. Tim Johnson, D-SD, and Mike Crapo, R-ID, to reform the government-sponsored enterprises would prompt some changes to the multifamily MBS market, according to industry analysts. While the bill’s impact on the multifamily market is expected to be modest overall, according to Moody’s Investors Service, the pricing advantages seen on multifamily MBS from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac compared with non-agency commercial MBS would likely disappear. The Johnson-Crapo bill, which is scheduled for a markup next week by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, calls for risk-sharing structures in the multifamily market already used by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for multifamily MBS, potentially limiting any broad disruptive impact to the multifamily market from the bill. Within one year after the bill becomes law, Fannie and Freddie would be required...

Ginnie Mae has asked Bank of America to provide missing documents on government insured loan pools after being informed by the MBS custodian that key paperwork is missing from the files. According to industry advisors familiar with the matter, the missing documents are tied to an $8 billion mortgage-servicing sale from BofA to PennyMac. So far, both parties have declined to discuss the matter publicly. One observer noted...