UWM was the top Ginnie MBS issuer in February even though its volume fell 15.1% from January.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has announced a board meeting for March 19 to discuss two proposals to adjust capital requirements for banks.

Interest rates on mortgages are back above where they were before President Trump directed the GSEs to buy $200 billion of MBS.

“The process for the data publication is now with the GSEs,” FICO said.

Both purchase-mortgage volume and refinances declined on a monthly basis in February.

United Wholesale Mortgage's agency MBS issuance declined by 6.5% on a monthly basis in February while Rocket Mortgage's volume was down 16.5%.

Earnings slipped by 6.6% on an annual basis in 2025 among 11 publicly traded nonbank mortgage companies.

Only two securitizations of home equity loans have hit the market thus far in March.

Typically, the loans in jumbo MBS from Redwood are fixed-rate mortgages.

Dallin Merrill, head of policy at the Structured Finance Association, said some larger investors can increase their investments in 144A transactions, but smaller investors still struggle.