The sharpest increase in the use of securitization was in the expanded-credit mortgage market.

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances increased to 6.58% in the week ending July 3, according to the MBA.

Home prices will increase 4.8% on an annual basis as of April 2027, according to projections by Cotality.

Some usually active issuers had no issuance in the second quarter, including Citigroup, Bayview Asset Management, Radian Mortgage Securities and Nomura Securities.

The senior members of Gen Z are 29 years old.

Figure has closed its first fully prefunded securitization of home equity lines of credit.

An affiliate of Bayview Asset Management is marketing a mortgage-backed security of closed-end second-lien mortgages originated by Rocket Mortgage.

The GSE’s investment portfolio stood at $137.22 billion, down 3.2% from April.

The Structured Finance Association submitted extensive feedback on the re-proposal. SFA's comments received an endorsement from a coalition of trade groups representing a broad variety of banks.

Acra and BlackRock NQM Investments are jointly issuing the new MBS and BlackRock is retaining risk on the issuance.