Home sales and properties on the market increased as buyers and sellers prep for the seasonal slowdown in purchases.

Rate discounts through the program range from 0.125% to 1.0%.

Improved execution is prompting some issuers to stock non-agency MBS with agency-eligible investment property loans.

The $166 million unrated deal is the first in a shifting strategy for the RTL lender.

The $500 million securitization is backed by proceeds from future remittance transactions sent from within the U.S. to Mexico.

Annaly Capital Management’s Onslow Bay Financial remained the top issuer of expanded-credit MBS in the third quarter.

The REIT is off slightly from its pace in the second quarter. However, executives are optimistic that rising product demand and bank partnerships should continue to spur growth.

Meanwhile, Rate has issued three jumbo MBS deals in recent months...

The volume of adjustable-rate mortgages and interest-only loans flowing into expanded-credit MBS increased from the second quarter to the third.

Chase continues to push for ways to leverage its mortgage lending platform to bring in high net worth individuals to the bank.