Total agency single-family MBS climbed 0.9% during the third quarter, hitting $8.913 trillion.

Ginnie continued to set the pace as its single-family servicing grew by 2.4% in the third quarter.

Finding someone to fill the position of senior vice president for the Office of Enterprise Data and Technology Solutions at Ginnie could be difficult given pay restrictions at the government agency.

S. 3502, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, received prompt support from a number of industry trade groups.

The proposal provides banks an incentive to exit senior tranches of asset-backed securities in exchange for more junior and riskier tranches, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

UWM is offering interest rate discounts on loans from streamlined refi programs at FHA and VA.

Deliveries to the GSEs were down 7.0% in November compared with October.

Jonathan McKernan, a director at the FDIC, suggested slowing implementation of controversial provisions in a proposal on capital requirements for large banks.

The securitization is sized at $124.5 million and received a preliminary A- rating.

Leaders of the FHLBanks and FHFA appear to be at odds on the banks' role in times of distress.