Ginnie Mae continues efforts to provide smaller financial institutions greater access to its securitization platform, Principal Executive Vice President Sam Valverde said last month.

Morningstar places 77 commercial MBS on review for potential downgrades; Coinstar ABS face potential downgrades; Fitch sees neutral impact for airline ABS amid troubles with Boeing planes; Verizon to issue mobile device financing ABS.

What’s the latest with Ginnie’s management of $19.5 billion in HECMs under its control thanks to the failure of RMF? Hard to say. But it appears that Carrington is handling the servicing chores, possibly, through a subservicer.

Industry veteran Chris Bennett explains why the five-year Treasury is the proper benchmark for current coupon MBS.

Researchers at the Office of Financial Research have developed new ways to gauge the risks banks face from potential losses on their securities holdings. The researchers caution that a number of banks showed signs of stress similar to the banks that failed in early 2023.

Falling interest rates and demand for alternative funding options should boost commercial MBS issuance, according to Morningstar DBRS.

Three non-agency MBS hit the market this week and more deals are in the pipeline.

The Federal Reserve’s plan to reduce the size of its balance sheet by $100 billion a month may have been too ambitious. Last year, actual run-off was closer to $75 billion a month.

Fitch upgrades ratings on nearly half of outstanding GSE CRT issuance; delinquencies in commercial MBS declined in December led by improvements in loan performance for office properties; Morningstar plans new criteria for assessing securitizations tied to small businesses.

Bank holding companies reported a big increase in agency MBS held in trading accounts during the third quarter. The industry also boosted its commercial MBS and ABS holdings. (Includes two data tables.)