Heavy Agency MBS Production Lifted Asset Securitization to 3-Year High in 2016 January 6, 2017 John Bancroft In 2016, the non-agency MBS market was a dud…Read More
Final GSE MBS Tally for 4Q16: Just Shy of $300 Billion; Best Quarter Since 2Q13 January 5, 2017 John Bancroft Fannie Mae’s MBS issuance in 2016 was up 23.3 percent from the previous year…Read More
When it Comes to Jumbo Lending, Retail Channel Dominates, By Far December 29, 2016 John Bancroft Wells Fargo, for example, reported that 90.7 percent of its third-quarter jumbo originations came through the retail channel…Read More
Both Sides of Mortgage Banking Posted Significant Profit Gains in 3Q16 December 28, 2016 John Bancroft JPMorgan Chase was the only firm that saw a decline in production-related revenue during the third quarter…Read More
Is it the End of an Era for GSE Loan Buybacks? December 27, 2016 John Bancroft Excluding legacy-related buybacks, total GSE seller repurchases would have been down 9.9 percent…Read More
Fitch Ranked Tops in Rating Non-Mortgage ABS During First Nine Months of 2016 December 22, 2016 John Bancroft Fitch had a 55.3 percent share of the ABS ratings market through September...Read More
Securitization Rates Jumped Higher in 3Q16 December 19, 2016 John Bancroft For the first nine months of 2016, the securitization rate was 67.7 percent, Inside MBS & ABS found…Read More
And the Beat Goes On: Nonbanks Keep Taking MSR Share from Depositories December 16, 2016 John Bancroft Commercial banks reduced their securitized servicing by 1.9 percent during the third quarter, though they still accounted for 52.5 percent of that market.Read More
Home-Equity Lending Softened Slightly in 3Q16 as Refis Surged December 15, 2016 John Bancroft Bank of America once again ranked first as the top home-equity lender in the nation, although its production fell 17.7 percent…Read More
More on the New GSE Scorecard: No Huge Changes in Marching Orders for 2017, But... December 15, 2016 John Bancroft Some good news: the FHFA did not mention servicing compensation in the new "Scorecard."Read More