Where are all the Ginnie Mae applicants? The waiting list has dwindled to a trickle. Reason: The pandemic and related issues.

Former Ginnie President and current PennyMac Director Ted Tozer thinks so.

The average daily trading volume in MBS continues to head south as new creation proliferates and investors worry about the Dow blowing up again.

There’s nothing wrong with buying delinquent mortgages out of Ginnie pools, but some issuers may have been getting too greedy during the pandemic.

The CRT market is showing signs of post-pandemic recovery. But Freddie Mac’s former CEO believes the re-proposed capital rule for the GSEs could make the whole CRT program pointless.

A COVID-19 infection in the Dallas office of document custodian BNY Mellon is causing MBS transactions to backup.

New Residential is coming to market with a security backed by Fannie Mae MSRs. As for the cost of the paper, details were sketchy.

Instead of larger, multi-issuer uniform MBS pools, FHFA wants seller/servicers to closely monitor the prepayment speeds of their broker/correspondent channels to ensure closer alignment of Fannie/Freddie pools.

To ensure the uniform MBS is a “continued success,” the FHFA has asked Fannie and Freddie to be watchful of “key patterns and measures.”

With Ginnie Mae forbearance requests now at 13% of outstandings, FHA has introduced a “temporary” policy to cover loans in progress.