Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michael Barr plans to recommend retaining capital requirements for unrealized losses on MBS held in bank portfolios. This provision was in response to the 2023 banking crisis.

Common Securitization Solutions looks to use its data and risk management skills to expand the services it provides the GSEs.

The move is meant to keep FHA multifamily loans for new construction competitive with those from other programs.

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 calls for the end of the GSE conservatorships and a dramatically reduced role for the Fed.

The non-agency market could gain from a reduction in GSE loan limits, revision in capital requirements for banks and updated requirements for publicly registered securitizations.

Fed researchers quantify the effect of BTFP’s use of par valuations for collateral during the 2023 banking crisis.

If Freddie Mac is allowed to purchase second mortgages, critics argue there should be clearly articulated capital requirements, loan-to-value ratio limits and debt-to-income ratio restrictions.

The new requirements under FINRA 4210 will apply to trades in the to-be-announced market as well as other agency MBS positions.

A proposal from FINRA to reduce the timeframe in which trades of MBS and ABS must be reported didn’t sit well with some industry participants, prompting the SEC to take a closer look at the proposal.

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman highlighted issues in the proposed rule that impact MBS and ABS.