The top officer of Ginnie Mae announced his resignation this week as the nation gets ready for a new occupant in the White House. A successor? Not yet.

While Fannie began accepting single-family SOFR-indexed ARMs in Au-gust, it stopped taking LIBOR-indexed mortgages at the end of September. By the end of the year, the enterprise will no longer issue LIBOR-linked MBS.

When it comes to Ginnie Mae buyouts, you need to spend money to make money. Just ask Wells Fargo.

Production levels surged for agency 1-4-family MBS, non-mortgage ABS and commercial MBS from the second to the third quarter. Nonbanks continued to dominate the agency market. Includes three data charts.)

Accelerating delinquencies and forbearance claims have yet to cause a liquidity crisis for Ginnie Mae issuers. How can that be? Funny you ask...

Another day and another debt offering by a mortgage company. This time around the issuer is PennyMac Financial, a top-ranked Ginnie Mae issuer.

Ginnie Mae buyouts have simmered down the past few months but the improvement may be ephemeral. And nonbanks might be leading the charge.

Citing a record $321.87 billion in agency MBS issuance in August, Wells Fargo Securities said 2020 appears poised for historic volumes.

These are not calming times for investors in Ginnie Mae MBS. Forbearance ratios are on the rise again and then there’s the buyout issue.

The fall in prepayment speeds follows four successive months of steady increases. This may have something to do with how the rate is calculated.