Wedbush Securities: “While there are many advantages to the SPAC route for both investors and issuers, it has also been an area that has produced disappointing results for some investors in recent months.”
Year-to-date production, $1.852 trillion as of Halloween, was up 131.5% from last year. It’s a foregone conclusion that Fannie and Freddie this month will top the current $1.912 trillion annual record for GSE MBS issuance set back in 2003.
Despite this "relief" measure, the GSE regulator has been sharply criticized by lenders because the fee is so steep: 500 basis points for first-time buyers and 700 bps for everyone else.
The refinance business for private MIs fell 11.0% from the second to the third quarter, dropping to 30.6% of their production. Still, that’s well above historic norms...