The capital relief will be provided via an adjustment to MSR values.

Ginnie initially planned on implementing the capital requirements at the end of 2023, along with other reforms.

Sam Valverde, acting president of Ginnie Mae, noted that Ginnie and the Department of Veterans Affairs have policies in place to prevent refis that don’t benefit borrowers and they will continue to watch for “abnormal” refi activity.

Karan Kaul, a senior policy advisor at Ginnie Mae, said Ginnie and others need to analyze the various reform proposals that have been released in recent years.

“If we had a major economic downturn, I don’t know what kind of havoc we would have right now, because there’s no stability,” said Ted Tozer, a former president of Ginnie Mae.

Ginnie Mae Acting President Sam Valverde said loan-level securitization could help liquidity.

Ginnie issuers securitized $15.61 billion of refis through the Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program in the third quarter, a 68.5% increase from the prior period.

Ginnie Mae posted a 1.8% increase to finish the second quarter with $2.445 trillion in single-family MBS outstanding.

Purchase-money mortgages accounted for 82.5% of agency MBS issuance during August, though the refinance share is growing.

Securitization of FHA loans increased 6.3% to $22.09 billion in July, while VA production was up 11.4% to $15.44 billion.