Interest Rate Outlook Murky Following Tax/Spending Bill July 11, 2025 Paul Muolo With the federal deficit set to increase, there are fears that the 10-year Treasury rate will rise.Read More
Annaly Leads Expanded-Credit MBS Push With Large Deal July 11, 2025 Brandon Ivey Annaly is set to issue a $662.7 million MBS, its 13th expanded-credit deal of the year.Read More
GSE Purchase-Mortgage Share Drifts to Higher Credit Scores July 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey The share of GSE purchase mortgages with credit scores of at least 740 increased from 73.8% in the first quarter of 2025 to 74.6% in the second quarter.Read More
Prime Non-Agency MBS Issuers Return to the Market July 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey PennyMac and Redwood Trust are marketing separate prime non-agency MBS, the first deals in the market since June 24.Read More
Saluda Grade Packages HELOCs in Securitization July 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey HomeBridge Financial Services is the largest contributor to the securitization, accounting for 49.9% of the dollar volume.Read More
Short Takes: FDIC Plans CRA Proposal / Home Sales Expected to Remain Constrained / Agency MBS-Focused REIT Takes Loss in 2Q / Morgan Stanley’s Latest Non-Agency MBS July 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey It’s not yet clear what’s in the FDIC's pending CRA proposal or if the other federal banking regulators are planning similar proposals.Read More
Shift by FHFA Opens GSE Securitization Platform to Others July 9, 2025 Dennis Hollier Banks and private issuers will now be able to obtain a license from the renamed U.S. Fin Tech to issue GSE-grade securities (minus the GSE guarantee).Read More
Government-Insured Purchase Mortgages Outpace Competition July 8, 2025 Brandon Ivey FHA purchase-mortgage business in Ginnie Mae MBS hit $54.47 billion in the second quarter of 2025.Read More
Mega Nonbanks Dominate Second-Quarter GSE Loan Deliveries July 7, 2025 Dennis Hollier Large nonbanks accounted for 56.1% of GSE deliveries in 2Q25.Read More
Invictis, Barclays Boost Non-QM MBS Issuance July 7, 2025 Brandon Ivey The issuers started marketing the deals just before the Fourth of July weekend.Read More