The MBS from Goldman Sachs ends the pause in issuance of prime non-agency MBS that started in March when the coronavirus rear-ended the market...

Mortgages in the MBS have seasoned for an average of 7.7 months, according to a presale report from Fitch Ratings.

Last month, Impac agreed to sell a $4.1 billion Freddie Mac servicing portfolio to PNC Bank for an undisclosed sum...

Even more noteworthy: First Republic hasn’t issued any non-agency securities since the market meltdown of 2008.

Combined, the two companies would have $310.5 billion of MSRs, ranking 10th overall, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

One California-based loan broker who received notification of the rollout said he plans to try the program even though he hasn’t table-funded through UWM in a while.

PennyMac Financial Services said margins were helped by reduced competition due to tighter underwriting standards as some firms suspended lending activities altogether...

Fitch and KBRA assigned preliminary AAA ratings to the new MBS. Both incorporated coronavirus-related stress measurements to their calculations...

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, consumers owe $11.168 trillion on their first liens. If the new MBA forbearance reading is applied to that number, $883.3 billion of mortgages are in need of assistance, temporary or otherwise.