Rocket Leads Home Equity Lenders in 1Q, a First for a Nonbank June 26, 2026 Brandon Ivey Rocket and a number of other nonbanks have added home equity loans to their product offerings in recent years after refinance activity slowed.Read More
Freddie Mac’s Investment Portfolio Shrinks in May June 26, 2026 Brandon Ivey The GSE’s investment portfolio stood at $137.22 billion, down 3.2% from April.Read More
MBS Participants Want Changes to Basel Re-Proposal June 26, 2026 Brandon Ivey 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.Read More
Acra Offering its First Expanded-Credit MBS since 2024 June 26, 2026 Brandon Ivey Acra and BlackRock NQM Investments are jointly issuing the new MBS and BlackRock is retaining risk on the issuance.Read More
Short Takes: Delinquencies Rise on Securitized Non-QMs / The Sunday Factor in Delinquencies / Community Bank Expands Agreement With NCRC June 26, 2026 Brandon Ivey Most of the increase in the impairment rate in May was from delinquencies.Read More