Treasury counselor Michael Stegman noted that policymakers on both sides of the aisle are dissatisfied with the current status quo regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A proposal from FHA could see the light of day within six weeks, some have speculated.

"My understanding is that FHA is planning on releasing supplemental performance metrics to ‘Neighborhood Watch’ to reduce reliance and focus on just a lender’s compare ratio," said Tim Rood.

Some $2.67 billion of jumbo MBS contributions in 2014 were from unidentified lenders, accounting for 27.1 percent of total issuance.

However, Nationstar, as a master servicer, provides trustees with more than 200 data fields a month regarding loan performance, servicing and more.

But that reticence could be slipping. As the week opened, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was at 1.94 percent, the highest it has been in several weeks.

Forty-six different lenders contributed to the MBS led by Quicken Loans with a 39.1 percent share...

Some factions of the industry have expressed a concern about the “liquidity language” in the FHFA proposal, but that’s not a concern for Pingora's Lau.

Although there’s been plenty of talk about the securitization of nonprime loans that don’t fit the qualified mortgage criteria finally taking off this year, it’s not looking like a good bet. “We can’t do a security this year,” said Jeff Lemieux, vice president at Bayview Asset Management, which has been actively buying non-QM product geared toward the self-employed. Bayview is purchasing...

To bring the ABS to market the credit enhancement on the transaction is a hefty 23.50 percent.