Agency-eligible loans are frequently being delivered to non-agency MBS instead of the GSEs.

Home prices increased by 0.1% on a monthly basis in December, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Redwood Trust is set to issue its first expanded-credit MBS from its Aspire shelf.

Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust is generating a return on equity in the low- to mid-teens from issuing non-agency MBS.

Recent inflation trends along with the strong jobs report for January “suggest the lower likelihood of a rate cut” at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting, according to Joel Kan, a vice president and deputy chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association.

MFA Financial's net income in the fourth quarter increased 12.9% from the quarter prior.

Union Home Mortgage hired a national vice president of mergers and acquisitions.

The increase in issuance occurred across several categories, including a 79.2% surge in volume tied to loans eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises.

Some 29% of home purchases in December were all-cash transactions, according to Redfin.

No customers of TransUnion have shifted to the direct license program FICO launched in October.