Fannie and Freddie securitized $556.2 billion of single-family loans that were aged three months or less when the MBS was issued, a whopping 81.0% increase from the prior quarter.
The comeback in the July-to-September period was led by JPMorgan Chase, which brought $2.12 billion of prime non-agency MBS to the market spread across four deals...
Payoff removals fell 0.4% from July to August, and by 2.8% for FHA loans. The VA program, which sees much heavier refinance activity, recorded a 1.9% increase in payoff removals, edging up to its highest level of the year.
This official speculated that perhaps Calabria was referring to the companies’ corporate culture before the financial crisis, when the politically connected secondary market giants were widely feared on Capitol Hill.