Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said the central bank’s balance sheet hasn’t grown as much as people think, but that MBS sales might be needed to balance the duration of assets and liabilities.

It may take time for MBS investors to fully understand how use of the new credit score for underwriting loans sold to the GSEs impacts pricing and hedge strategies.

Changes to Common Securitization Solutions, including being renamed U.S. Financial Technology, appear to set the company up to serve additional secondary mortgage market participants.

Banking regulators proposed modifying the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio that applies to large banks. If implemented, it could lead to the banks to increase their holdings of Ginnie Mae MBS.

Insurance companies, pension funds and bank holding companies grew their agency MBS holdings substantially in the first quarter. Most of the market’s growth was in Ginnie and non-agency MBS. (Includes two data tables.)

REIT holdings of agency MBS reached a four-year high in the first quarter of 2025, but financial market turmoil spurred some companies to pull back in April. (Includes two data tables.)

Bank holding company trading accounts showed a 21% surge in residential MBS during the first quarter, mostly involving agency MBS holdings among the largest institutions. (Includes two data tables.)

In the wake of Trump’s social media posts pledging to retain the implicit guarantee for GSE MBS, industry analysts see signs for support for the administration’s plans for GSE reform.

Two Harbors booked a nearly $200 million contingency liability after a court ruled that the REIT improperly ended a contract with its one-time external manager.

President Trump attempted to mollify concerns about the post-conservatorship guarantee of GSE MBS, but questions remain about the regulatory treatment of those securities and the TBA market.