Agency loan securitization volume dropped across all three lending channels in the first quarter, though retail lenders increased their footprint by shrinking less than correspondent aggregators or wholesale-broker originators.

After weeks of silence on the status of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, President Trump stirred up shareholders this weekend by bringing up the concept of a public offering at two separate events.

In a note to investors last week, Goldman Sachs Managing Director Arun Manohar said he is not particularly optimistic about the longer-term success of VantageScore 4.0 in the agency MBS market.

Redwood has begun marketing one expanded-credit MBS and one jumbo MBS.

A&D Mortgage credited its acquisition of Flagstar Bank's TPO platform for growing its lending footprint.

Castlelake, Redwood team to purchase up to $8 billion of prime loans; MBA's Broeksmit signals support for Basel III reproposal; Single-family housing starts increase in March.

Bayview handled a $436.71 billion Ginnie portfolio as of the end of March, up 1.5% from the end of 2025.

The fair value of mortgage servicing rights improved as interest rates increased near the end of the first quarter.

Fannie Mae sharply increased its investment portfolio during March while the balance of Freddie Mac’s portfolio didn’t change much.

The impairment rate on securitized non-qualified mortgages declined by 28 basis points on a monthly basis to 6.9% as of the end of March, according to dv01.