Earlier this year, banks saw an advantage in purchasing jumbo mortgages for their portfolios, but of late it seems as though the edge is beginning to erode. 

The new accounting standard, which went into effect just before the pandemic, requires the GSEs to anticipate losses over the life of the loan. 

KBRA said that third-quarter MBS issuance volume didn’t meet its expectations and will drop rapidly in the coming year. Meanwhile, both DBRS and Moody’s noted that performance is stabilizing. 

FirstKey Homes is set to issue an $871.6 million deal backed by loans on 1,827 income-producing properties, while Bridge Single-Family Rental Fund IV Aggregator is prepping its first SRF securitization. 

Daily MBS trading has been on the rise since April, a positive sign. It seems some investors are willing to buy and hold, but fear over what the Fed might do next rules the roost. 

Another bank is poised to depart as a Ginnie servicer, this time in the multifamily sector. Say goodbye to Midland States, which is off-loading $2.3 billion in Ginnie MF MSRs.

Analysts expect SoFi’s first consumer loan securitization of 2022 to perform “very well” from a credit quality perspective. The ABS is stocked with collateral seasoned for a longer than usual period.

Secondary market loan pricing depends on market timeframes, roles, pull structures and other esoteric economic components.

The CMBS delinquency rate will be steady through the end of the year, Fitch Ratings said, before deteriorating in 2023. Meanwhile, KBRA found that most of the single-borrower CMBS loans in default developed performance problems during the height of pandemic lockdowns.

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