If MBS returns go negative, that means lenders will have to hike rates to entice investors. Right? Consequences?

The agencies issued $304.15 billion of new single-family MBS in February — the fifth straight month over the $300 billion mark, a level never seen until August of last year.

Mortgages in the $272.3 million MBS have seasoned for an average of six months.

At year-end, REIT MBS holdings were down 25.2% from the comparable period in 2019. While industry-wide growth was tepid in the fourth quarter, several institutions upped their investments significantly.

Refinances accounted for 55.4% of Ginnie volume last month. Purchase-mortgage business was down 2.2% from December...

Republican Sen. Toomey said Democrats’ over-aggressive fiscal policies and the Fed’s downward pressure on interest rates threaten to trigger asset bubbles.

The amended preferred stock purchase agreement between the FHFA and Treasury includes limitations on acquisitions of mortgages for investment properties, second homes and products with “high risk” characteristics...

MFA Financial took a large loss in 2020. Overall, the company didn't acquire many non-QMs during the fourth quarter...

There was another $728.4 million of unresolved buyback demands still pending at the end of the fourth quarter...

MBS has been a favorite of institutional investors during these troubled times...