Issuance of agency real estate mortgage investment conduits/collateralized mortgage obligations was essentially flat in 2021, with Ginnie sharply increasing its volume while GSE issuance declined. (Includes data chart.)

A new SEC proposal wouldn’t set climate-related disclosures for MBS and ABS, though such standards are still under consideration.

The Structured Finance Association is assessing investors’ and brokers’ preferences for replacing LIBOR in structured finance bonds.

The market for Ginnie Mae MBS should begin to normalize soon, according to T. Rowe Price executive Keir Joyce.

Failure to submit a timely and specific repurchase demand involving pre-2008 non-agency MBS doomed a U.S. Bank lawsuit.

Billions of dollars in delinquent FHA/VA mortgages are still available for purchase in the whole-loan market if you have the knack for rehab-and-release. But for how long?

In case you haven’t noticed, MBS prices are sagging a bit these days, courtesy of higher interest rates. Trading volume is lower, but not exceedingly. What’s ahead? Mostly fog.

The aching question: How far and how fast will the FOMC go in allowing its portfolio of agency securities to run off?

The performance of MBS and ABS isn’t expected to be directly impacted by the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the near term; prepayment rates on agency MBS declined in February.

Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie issued a combined $187 billion of single-family MBS in February, a steep 21.5% decline from January. It was the lowest monthly issuance since March 2020. (Includes two data charts.)