Top life insurance companies increased their ABS holdings substantially in 2020 and commercial MBS investment was up as well. But residential MBS portfolios declined. (Includes data chart.)

Banks reported substantial gains in their holdings of consumer ABS and deals backed by vehicle loans, along with steep drops in credit card and commercial securitizations. (Includes two data charts.)

Fannie and Freddie both grew their portfolios of whole loans targeted for the securitization process while reducing the amount of their own MBS holdings. (Includes data chart.)

In late 2020, Fannie came back into credit-risk transfers with a bespoke deal with one of its largest nonbank sellers. Freddie continued full speed ahead with more traditional STACR issuance. (Includes data chart.)

Some $714 billion of loans were removed from Ginnie MBS last year, with about 86% of them representing borrower payoffs. Repurchases of delinquent loans were also up sharply from 2019. (Includes two data charts.)

After a slight blip higher in early-stage delinquencies in November, late-payment rates fell in December for all three agencies. (Includes data chart.)

New loan-level information in the MBS disclosures will include delinquency status and payment plan history.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae reported improvement in loan-performance rates in November. But early-payment defaults were up. (Includes data chart.)

Issuance of rated non-agency MBS and ABS rose significantly during the third quarter, although both markets continued to lag behind 2019 on year-to-date volume. (Includes two data charts.)

Fed by massive originations of agency-eligible mortgages, the securitization rate rose 5.1 percentage points to 80.4% in the third quarter of 2020. That's the highest it's been since 2013. (Includes data chart.)