This is “great news” for banks interested in issuing MBS and ABS, according to attorneys at Mayer Brown…

A handful of GSE-eligible mortgages in Goldman's deal have loan-to-value ratios greater than 80% and private mortgage insurance, which is uncommon for loans in non-agency MBS.

The Community Home Lenders Association called on the White House to end the government mortgage insurer’s life of loan premium policy.

January's volume represented the second-highest monthly issuance of forward-mortgage Ginnie securities on record.

Some industry trade groups have an uneasy feeling about the proposal...

The largest of the three pending MBS is a $381.3 million deal from Starwood Property Trust.

Originally, there were 14 nonbank issuers that Ginnie was talking to but one was acquired by a competitor.

Fun fact: January’s new issuance was more than double the total produced in the first month of 2019.

Former FHA Commissioner Dave Stevens: “The absence of banks in FHA has been a challenge ever since the False Claims Act was used as an excessive enforcement mechanism, making it far too great a risk to participate in the program.”

After the FCA payment to Uncle Sam, JPM remained as a correspondent buyer of FHA loans but its Ginnie Mae MBS issuance volume has slipped tremendously…