Credit-risk transfer activities at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wobbled in the second quarter after a modest increase in the first three months of 2025. Issuance fell for STACRs but not for CAS notes. (Includes data table.)

Fannie Supers issuance was up sharply in the first quarter as the Fed finished restructuring its Fannie portfolio. Ginnie led the increase in agency REMIC production. (Includes two data tables.)

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac both saw a significant increase in CRT issuance in the first quarter. Fannie also boosted credit-risk insurance purchases, but ACIS purchases were down at Freddie. (Includes data table.)

With specified pools accounting for half of GSE single-family MBS issued in the first quarter, the most popular option was MBS with high social-mission scores. (Includes data table.)

The Fed shifted its efforts to aggregate scattered MBS into second-level securitizations to its Freddie Mac portfolio. Ginnie's Platinum program didn't get a lot of use last year, but the agency led the way in REMIC issuance. (Includes two data tables.)

Bargains are to be had in the multifamily loan sector as long as you can find a willing seller that’s trying to clean up its books. One such sale involved HomeStreet Bank in the Pacific Northwest.

Combined issuance of Fannie Mae CAS and Freddie Mac STACRs came to $8.31 billion in 2024 — the lowest total since 2013, the year GSE CRT activity started. (Includes data table.)

Agency pass-through MBS remain the most popular asset in bank holding company trading accounts, but there was a sharp increase in agency multifamily securities during the third quarter.

The securitization rate for residential mortgages hit an estimated 68.6% in the third quarter, as more conventional-conforming loans flowed into GSE MBS.

Growth in securitizations of home equity loans slowed in the third quarter from an exponential pace earlier in the year. Still, issuance was up, with Rocket leading the way. (Includes two data tables.)