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John Bancroft

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Cars, Students and Businesses Push ABS to Record Issuance

October 16, 2025
John Bancroft
The securitization of vehicle loans and financing for a range of businesses powered an all-time record of $107.7 billion of ABS issuance during the third quarter. Carmakers dominated the issuer ranking. (Includes three data tables.)
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Ginnie Provides All the 3Q Gain in Agency Servicing

October 16, 2025
John Bancroft
There was nearly $2 trillion in agency mortgage servicing with coupons over 6% at the end of the third quarter, a bounty of refinance business if mortgage interest rates decline. (Includes two data tables.)
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HEL MBS Issuance Reaches Highest Levels Since 2007

October 13, 2025
John Bancroft
Rocket was the top issuer of HEL deals in the third quarter, increasing its issuance 27.8% from the second quarter.
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Purchase Mortgages Lift Agency Market in 3Q Gains

October 10, 2025
John Bancroft
Purchase-mortgage securitizations held agency acquisitions afloat in the third quarter.
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ECM Lifts Non-Agency MBS to Post-Crash High in 3Q

October 9, 2025
John Bancroft
Expanded-credit MBS and securitizations of home equity loans helped push issuance of non-agency MBS in the third quarter of 2025 to a level last seen in 2007. (Includes three data tables.)
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Purchase Mortgages Lift Agency Market in Third Quarter

October 9, 2025
John Bancroft
Agency refinance business slowed significantly in the third quarter, and the market seemed to turn in September as purchase-mortgage volume also declined. (Includes two data tables.)
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Single-Family MBS Issuance Lags Other Sectors in 3Q

October 8, 2025
John Bancroft
Issuance of commercial MBS and non-mortgage ABS increased at a faster pace during the third quarter than issuance of residential MBS.
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MBS/ABS Issuance Gains in 3Q25, Agency 1F Slowing

October 2, 2025
John Bancroft
Despite a September surge in rate-term refinance business, agency single-family MBS production fell even as non-agency MBS production was booming. (Includes three data tables.)
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Lending and Servicing Earnings Improve in Second Quarter

October 1, 2025
John Bancroft
Publicly-traded mortgage companies saw increases in earnings from both lending and servicing during the second quarter of 2025.
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Slight Shifts in MBS Investor Profile During Second Quarter

September 30, 2025
John Bancroft
Money market managers and insurance companies increased their holdings of single-family MBS during the second quarter.
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