Annaly Capital Management, the largest MBS investing real estate investment trust in the country, is off to a fast start in 2019, unveiling yet another offering of common stock — this one valued at $731.0 million.

Several rating services have received gentle warnings from the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to follow policies and procedures, according to the latest annual report from the federal regulator.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, scheduled to report fourth-quarter results in early February, are likely to once again show strong earnings, but the black ink likely will pale a bit from the $6.7 billion they posted (combined) in the third quarter.

After hitting a peak in 2018, new issuance of single-family rental securities will likely decline this year, according to industry analysts.

Redwood Trust is set to issue the first prime non-agency MBS the market has seen in more than a month. Issuance has all but grounded to a halt after October, but industry analysts expect more volume to flow following the Redwood deal.

Production of new non-agency MBS fell sharply in the fourth quarter, ending a year that still set a post-crisis record for new issuance. [Includes three data charts.]

With Michael Bright's departure, GSE "recap and release" just got hurt...

Movement said the acquisition “significantly” expands its presence in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West…

Bright will earn significantly more working for SFIG than at Ginnie, easily doubling his salary and then some...

New Residential also will buy non-QMs from lenders other than New Penn...