AGNC watched as volatility rocked the agency MBS market this month. The REIT counted on its cash and liquidity to avoid selling assets at a loss. Other REITs also survived unscathed.

JPMorgan Chase is marketing a prime non-agency MBS with a payment structure typically only used with expanded-credit MBS. Fitch applauded the move.

MBS exempt from Maryland licensing requirements after all; Progress Residential scraps planned single-family rental securitization; ICE offers anonymous requests-for-quote for MBS sales.

Residential lending increased by 10.9% compared with the first quarter of 2024. Interest rates on mortgages jumped this month, hampering production early in the second quarter. (Includes two data tables.)

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has sued United Wholesale Mortgage for allegedly colluding with brokers to push borrowers into higher-priced mortgages. UWM denied the allegations, noting that it’s not illegal for a broker to send most or all of its business to one lender.

New bills in Congress aimed at the housing market have some bipartisan support; Trump fires Democrats on NCUA board; Trump administration looks to boost mortgage activity at smaller banks.

CrossCountry contributed $942.1 million in loans to expanded-credit MBS issued during the first quarter of 2025.

Mr. Cooper's subservicing declined during the first quarter of 2025 as some customers left following Mr. Cooper's acquisition of Flagstar Bank.

The bank will shift from lending in 30 states to focusing on customers in its branch network in Florida.

Only three other prime non-agency MBS have hit the market this month.