If you want to be a player in Ginnie Mae early buyouts, you’ll need cash, lots of it. But is the window starting to close?

The Ginnie Mae early buyout game is catching on fast, with new players entering the fray. loanDepot recently increased a repo line, bolstering its ammunition.

Trade group officials believe by opening a dialogue with regulators they can fix the GSE cash window “problem” that is looming.

What might the new Biden administration do with Fannie and Freddie? Good things ahead for Ginnie? Let the speculation begin.

Freddie’s green loans have accounted for a cumulative savings of 827 million gallons in water consumed, and more than 152 million kilo-BTUs in energy savings. In raw cash terms, that comes to more than $11 million in savings per (multifamily) loan.

Word is out: Money can be made in the Ginnie EBO space. The strategy is attracting investment funds but it’s not as easy as you might think.

Freddie issued its first multifamily K-deal in which both the floating-rate bonds and the underlying mortgages are indexed to SOFR.

Led by PFSI and Quicken, some of the nation’s largest nonbanks are entering the Ginnie EBO arena. More to come?

MBS traders and investors had a field day in October as trades jumped to a high not seen since earlier in the year. Then there’s the Fed …