Rate discounts through the program range from 0.125% to 1.0%.

The issuance is linked to HELOCs that have seasoned for an average of 28 months.

Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, suggested that interest rates on mortgages could level off soon.

Despite steady revenues, profits sagged as Fannie provisioned for losses in its multifamily business.

Sam Valverde, acting president of Ginnie Mae, noted that Ginnie and the Department of Veterans Affairs have policies in place to prevent refis that don’t benefit borrowers and they will continue to watch for “abnormal” refi activity.

Annaly Capital Management’s Onslow Bay Financial remained the top issuer of expanded-credit MBS in the third quarter.

The REIT is off slightly from its pace in the second quarter. However, executives are optimistic that rising product demand and bank partnerships should continue to spur growth.

A decline in interest rates and more housing inventory helped to increase pending home sales in September.

The average estimated guarantee fee on Freddie’s new single-family business in the third quarter was 57 basis points, up 3 bps from the second quarter.

As the timeline shrinks for the implementation of the new credit scores for GSE borrowers, anxiety grows among lenders and even FICO and VantageScore.