Prime Non-Agency MBS Issuers Return to the Market July 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey PennyMac and Redwood Trust are marketing separate prime non-agency MBS, the first deals in the market since June 24.Read More
Saluda Grade Packages HELOCs in Securitization July 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey HomeBridge Financial Services is the largest contributor to the securitization, accounting for 49.9% of the dollar volume.Read More
Short Takes: FDIC Plans CRA Proposal / Home Sales Expected to Remain Constrained / Agency MBS-Focused REIT Takes Loss in 2Q / Morgan Stanley’s Latest Non-Agency MBS July 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey It’s not yet clear what’s in the FDIC's pending CRA proposal or if the other federal banking regulators are planning similar proposals.Read More
Shift by FHFA Opens GSE Securitization Platform to Others July 9, 2025 Dennis Hollier Banks and private issuers will now be able to obtain a license from the renamed U.S. Fin Tech to issue GSE-grade securities (minus the GSE guarantee).Read More
Government-Insured Purchase Mortgages Outpace Competition July 8, 2025 Brandon Ivey FHA purchase-mortgage business in Ginnie Mae MBS hit $54.47 billion in the second quarter of 2025.Read More
Mega Nonbanks Dominate Second-Quarter GSE Loan Deliveries July 7, 2025 Dennis Hollier Large nonbanks accounted for 56.1% of GSE deliveries in 2Q25.Read More
Invictis, Barclays Boost Non-QM MBS Issuance July 7, 2025 Brandon Ivey The issuers started marketing the deals just before the Fourth of July weekend.Read More
Might Commercial Banks Find Ginnie MBS More Appealing? July 2, 2025 Brandon Ivey In 2024, Ginnie MBS accounted for about 20% of large-bank investment security holdings with zero risk weight.Read More
FHFA Positions CSS to Sell GSE MBS Tech to Others June 27, 2025 Dennis Hollier FHFA created U.S. Financial Technology, a company that will take over Common Securitization Solutions.Read More
Banks Reduce Mortgage Sales in First Quarter June 26, 2025 Namrata Bhatia Sales were down 7.7% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024.Read More