The SEC is looking to revise disclosure requirements for publicly-registered MBS and ABS to help increase issuance.

The amount, coupon and maturity of Freedom Mortgage's planned debt offering will be determined at the time of issuance, according to Fitch Ratings.

Delinquencies are expected to increase primarily because the unemployment rate is projected to increase.

Ellington Financial is marketing a $450.7 million non-agency mortgage-backed security with mortgages for investment properties underwritten using debt service coverage ratios.

Pennymac issued an average of one non-agency MBS per month this year focused on GSE-eligible mortgages for investment properties. And Redwood is marketing its 13th jumbo MBS of the year.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is looking into developing a “simplified strategic plan process” for community banks to comply with the Community Reinvestment Act.

Achieve Loans started marketing a $271.2 million securitization of home equity lines of credit late last week.

“We believe that if Treasury decides it wants to forgive the [senior preferred shares], then this plan appears reasonable,” said Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Bose George.

“Job gains in September, following the data blackout, are reassuring and suggest the economy is not slipping into a recession,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors. “This may boost confidence in future homebuying.”

Home prices increased by 2.2% on an annual basis as of the end of September, according to FHFA.