Freddie Mac’s first-quarter earnings report indicates the heady days of 2020 have continued into the new year.

Should traditional warehouse financiers be worried? It seems more nonbanks are jumping on the securitization bandwagon.

Most versions of LIBOR, including the one-week and two-month settings, would be discontinued by the end of the year.

After complaints from MBS investors regarding the reporting of performance of loans in non-agency deals, the Structured Finance Association released voluntary standards that could address the issue.

Ocwen Financial is ramping up its servicing/MBS issuance game in a new deal with Texas Capital Bank.

PR Mortgage Investment is set to issue its first jumbo MBS and Bayview Asset Management revised its strategy for the sector.

Mortgage trading narrowed this spring at a time when rates were rising. Lo-and-behold, rates are headed south once again. But inflation fears are accelerating. What’s an MBS owner to do?

Industry experts speaking during a recent Kroll forum on commercial real estate recovery attributed the recent rise in interest rates to economic momentum versus inflation.

“Issue debt while you can.” That seems to be the mantra of nonbank mortgage lenders and even real estate mortgage investment trusts. The latest sellers: UWM and PennyMac.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are taking different approaches to unloading the reperforming loans in their portfolios.