Ginnie Mae Digital Collateral Director Lynne Chandler spoke last week during a webinar co-sponsored by Falcon Capital Advisors.

Is it time for REITs to start issuing new shares of common and preferred again? Maybe. At least one REIT is back in the market: Annaly.

The Structured Finance Association had asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to hold off on new environmental, social and governance naming and disclosure requirements for asset-backed securities while SFA works on its ESG best practices.

Portfolio holdings of agency MBS fell mostly due to lower market value for the assets. REITs also recorded a significant drop in TBA investments as agency MBS issuance declined. (Includes data chart.)

Some experts now say Federal Reserve purchases of agency MBS will fall to zero by September.

Most bank holdings of residential MBS are in available-for-sale accounts that require fair-value accounting, which led to a rare decline in the industry's portfolio in the first quarter. (Includes two data charts.)

Ginnie and FHFA are working together to set capital and liquidity requirements for nonbanks. Separately, Ginnie is working to allow for changes at the loan level and FHFA is considering reforms involving the Federal Home Loan Banks.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has asked the SEC to review the margin requirements in Rule 4210, arguing that lenders use to-be-announced securities to hedge their interest rate exposure rather than for speculation purposes.

It could be years before the Fed sells any of its holdings of agency MBS, according to John Williams, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Issuing a non-agency MBS isn’t cheap; trade groups push for data, timeline if GSEs change credit scoring models; Ginnie reiterates its buyout policy.