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Plenty of Investors Willing to Buy as Fed Sheds MBS

Commercial banks, foreign investors and mortgage REITs all posted big increases in MBS holdings as net new issuance continued to grow and the Fed pared its holdings. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

Strong Demand for MBS and ABS as Investors Search for Yield

Low interest rates, along with better alignment of incentives between issuers and investors, are helping boost demand for securitized assets. Read More

Secondary Market Faces Major Hurdles in Replacing LIBOR

Market participants are finding it difficult to move away from LIBOR in the absence of an alternative rate and because of document-related issues. Read More

An Issue Revived: Allowing Nonbanks in the FHLB System

REITs, which have become key investors in MBS and MSRs, may get another crack at FHLB membership if the Trump administration gets its way. The golden chalice: discount advances available via the borrowing window. Read More

Experts Doubt Non-Agency Market Can Take on GSE Business

Experts doubt the non-agency market can pick up the slack of any reduction in the GSEs’ business once the qualified mortgage “patch” expires. Read More

Fintech Firms Spearhead Unsecured Personal Lending

For the third straight year, in 2018, marketplace lenders held the top spot in the unsecured personal lending space. Meanwhile the share of banks dropped to 28%. Read More

Flagstar Completes Sale of Troubled Live Well Collateral

The bank has shed all securities it acquired as collateral for its $70 million warehouse credit line to now-defunct Live Well Financial. Read More

Senate Appropriators Seek Review of Ginnie Workforce

The Appropriations Committee has asked HUD to analyze the role outside contractors play in carrying out Ginnie’s mission-critical functions. Read More

Rare RMBS Backed by Manufactured-Home Loans

FirstKey Mortgage is prepping a rare residential MBS backed entirely by manufactured-home loans. Read More

Inside MBS & ABS

September 26, 2019

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Plenty of Investors Willing to Buy as Fed Sheds MBS

Strong Demand for MBS and ABS as Investors Search for Yield

Secondary Market Faces Major Hurdles in Replacing LIBOR

An Issue Revived: Allowing Nonbanks in the FHLB System

Experts Doubt Non-Agency Market Can Take on GSE Business

Fintech Firms Spearhead Unsecured Personal Lending

Flagstar Completes Sale of Troubled Live Well Collateral

Senate Appropriators Seek Review of Ginnie Workforce

Rare RMBS Backed by Manufactured-Home Loans

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September 26, 2019

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As homeowner equity continues to build, more and more lenders are launching home equity lending products. Are you thinking of joining this market?