The company believes delivering loans to agency MBS helps it be a “high velocity, capital light and cash generating” operation. This year, the firm has held mortgages on its balance sheet for as few as eight days.

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.

Repurchases of delinquent loans from Ginnie MBS pools jumped sharply in May, including a significant number of performing loans under COVID-19 forbearance plans. (Includes data chart.)

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.

There’s a growing fear that Ginnie Mae buyouts may soon spike as nonbanks join the “party” to protect themselves.

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

Nonbank Ginnie Mae issuers increased their borrowings under the PTAP program in May but not significantly. Next up: FHA’s forbearance policy on loans in progress.