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December 4, 2025

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Refis Lift Agency MBS to Three-Year High in November

The gain in November agency MBS issuance came from another rise in rate-term refinance securitization. United Wholesale Mortgage, Rocket and Pennymac remained the top three agency sellers despite declines in monthly volume. (Includes two data tables.) Read More

Industry Backs SEC Effort to Revise MBS, ABS Disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission received 31 comments in response to a concept release that sought feedback on revisions to disclosure requirements for publicly-registered securitizations. Read More

CFTC Provides No-Action Letter Tied to Bank CRT

CFTC Provides No-Action Letter Tied to Bank CRTThe move reduces some regulatory ambiguity for banks that issue certain credit-risk transfer transactions. Read More

Federal Reserve Ends Balance Sheet Reduction

Federal Reserve Ends Balance Sheet ReductionAfter 42 straight months of allowing its security holdings to run off, the Federal Reserve finally said “enough.” The central bank’s current balance sheet: $6.134 trillion. Read More

Capital Change Will Allow Banks to Add to MBS Holdings

Federal banking regulators issued a final rule to adjust the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio that applies to large banks. The directive aims to increase bank investments in low-risk assets, including Ginnie Mae MBS. Read More

Reverse-Mortgage Industry Yearns for HMBS 2.0

Trade groups suggested improvements to Ginnie Mae’s reverse-mortgage securitization program, many of which were already included in a planned update the agency has gone quiet on. Read More

Investor Demand Leading to Larger HEI Deals

Home equity investment securitization deal sizes increased with issuance in November and activity is expected to remain elevated in 2026 thanks to strong demand from investors. Read More

RiskSpan Offers Data for Auto, Personal Loans

The company released a suite of standardized credit and prepayment curves for auto and personal loans. Read More

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