The market decline, in response to the end of QE, has been severe, but much more orderly than in 2013.

New reports from S&P and Fitch look at how home price appreciation, affordability and housing overvaluation trends, especially in certain geographic markets, might impact residential MBS.

MBS trading fell to a yearly low this spring. Meaning? The asset is less valuable or something else entirely? Or both.

MBS-investing REITs continue to pay sweet dividends but the asset value of their holdings has come under pressure thanks to spiking interest rates. First-quarter earnings should be revealing.

Experts compare today’s bond market to the bearish days of 1994, predicting a recession in the fall. But better times are coming. Maybe.

The Structured Finance Association is evaluating the most popular corporate ESG frameworks to see how they could be applied in the securitization industry.

Fannie and Freddie continue to take different routes to reducing their retained mortgages portfolios.

The Fed revealed this week that any sales from its agency MBS portfolio will be telegraphed well in advance. Still, rates continue to rise.

Only 4% of MBS and ABS assessed by Fitch received a positive rating impact from ESG factors. Meanwhile, S&P is set to expand its assessments in the ESG space.

The reputation of being a safe, liquid asset adds about 47 basis points to the “convenience premium” of agency MBS over investment grade bonds, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.