S&P recently downgraded its view of home prices at the national level to overvalued from undervalued. How rating services view home prices plays a role in credit enhancement levels for non-agency MBS.

What’s with the amended repo transactions at Rocket and other companies? It could be a case of yearend housekeeping but originations and securitizations are expected to decline next year. Right?

Bridge Investment Group, a major player in the multifamily sector, said the proposed changes to the enterprise regulatory capital framework could actually increase the capital requirements for the GSEs.

New Residential Investment isn’t the only REIT buying up other players in its space. In the commercial sector, there’s Ready Capital.

The structured finance industry discussed the effectiveness of return-to-workplace policies during a recent workshop organized by the Structured Finance Association.

Dv01 launched a tool that offers loan-level analysis of ESG factors in MBS and ABS.

Fannie and Freddie pared back their portfolio holdings designated to support future business in the third quarter. Earnings were down from an eight-year high reached in the second quarter. (Includes data chart.)

To meet the securitization needs of a robust mortgage market, SitusAMC has staffed up big time. But is it done adding heads?

No one’s shouting “fire” in a crowded non-QM movie house yet, but there are scattered concerns whole-loan pricing may have gotten ahead of itself. Something to keep an eye on?

Even with the clarification, some suggest VA lenders need more details to understand when they may refinance a loan included in a Ginnie-guaranteed MBS pool.