Happy days are here again for additional offerings of stock by mortgage REITs. Well, maybe. Two recent deals are fanning the flames of hope.

FHFA warned the FHLBanks, one of the largest issuers of SOFR-linked derivatives, not to use other benchmarks as the banks shift away from LIBOR.

After focusing on securitization of residential bridge loans, Toorak Capital Partners is preparing an MBS backed by investment-property loans with 30-year terms.

The rating service has improved its outlook on auto ABS for the second time this year based on an economy rapidly healing from COVID-19 losses.

Priority Financial Network is steamed about the Ginnie application process and is searching for answers. Meanwhile, it could fund $2 billion in loans this year, including conventional, government and non-QMs.

Investors are still open to the idea of buying debt issued by nonbank mortgage firms, but will the window stay open through the summer?

Despite growing calls to begin the painful process of ending quantitative easing — at least for agency MBS — the FOMC says it’s maintaining its liberal monetary policy for the foreseeable future.

The end of the QM patch — thanks to a maneuver by the FHFA and Treasury — could help the non-agency market compete with the GSEs.

Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Starwood Capital will be using proceeds from the mortgage loan to acquire Extended Stay America’s portfolio, fund working capital and pay closing costs.

Fannie Mae is providing a monthly certification that its credit-risk sharing offerings comply with EU securitization requirements.