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Articles by Brandon Ivey

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Securitization Players Seek Changes to Capital Proposal

June 25, 2026
Brandon Ivey
SFA and other trade groups are seeking major changes to the re-proposed bank capital requirements. MBA raised concerns that non-agency MBS would receive more favorable capital treatment than GSE MBS.
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Securitization Rate for Mortgages Rebounds in First Quarter

June 25, 2026
Brandon Ivey
More than 90% of expanded-credit mortgage production went into MBS in the first quarter of 2026. (Includes data table.)
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Housing Bill Hits Another Hurdle as Trump Balks

June 25, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, one of the lead negotiators of the bill, guaranteed that it will eventually become law.
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Nonbank Tops Home Equity Lenders for First Time

June 25, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Rocket Mortgage was the largest originator of home equity loans in the first quarter of 2026. The nonbank started originating closed-end second liens in recent years as refi opportunities declined. (Includes three data tables.)
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Annaly Quickly Brings Another Large Expanded-Credit MBS

June 25, 2026
Brandon Ivey
Days after issuing a $1.02 billion expanded-credit MBS, Annaly is marketing a $1.01 billion deal.
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