A (Bit of a) Rare Breed: A Securitization Backed by Open-End HELOCs December 30, 2022 Paul Muolo CMG is a privately held nonbank lender/servicer controlled by industry veteran Chris George.Read More
Headed Lower: MBS Trading Volumes... December 30, 2022 Paul Muolo In November, just $81.9 billion of MBS backed by single-family loans was issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae.Read More
MBS Creation Slides for Seventh Consecutive Month December 27, 2022 John Bancroft Securitization rates ran unusually high in 2020 and 2021 because of the epic wave of agency-bound refis...Read More
LIBOR? Going, Going, Almost Gone... December 27, 2022 Dennis Hollier The wording identifies new benchmark rates, based on SOFR...Read More
Western Alliance Taps the Non-QM CRT Well Once Again December 22, 2022 Namrata Bhatia As part of its latest risk-sharing effort, WAB sold tranches amounting to $95.0 million.Read More
Second-Level MBS Issuance Tracks 3Q22 Market Slump December 20, 2022 John Bancroft New rules from the FHFA require Fannie and Freddie to hold more capital for commingled Supers...Read More
Bad News for Refis: 94.5% of Agency MBS Has Current Interest Rates of 5.0% or Less December 16, 2022 John Bancroft For many homeowners, their current mortgage rate is too valuable (low) to give up...Read More
Fannie, Freddie Deliveries Continue to Slide in November December 6, 2022 Dennis Hollier In the fourth quarter of 2020, the GSE market share peaked at 64.0%.Read More
Securities Professionals Applaud SEC Relief on Disclosure Rule December 5, 2022 Namrata Bhatia The Structured Finance Association lauded the SEC’s decision...Read More
Who Bought Angel Oak's Non-QM Loans? An Investor Based in Atlanta... December 2, 2022 Paul Muolo The loans sold for 83 cents on the dollar. Par is 100...Read More