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December 17, 2020

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Plenty of Buyers for Growing Agency MBS Supply in 3Q20

Commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions and the Federal Reserve continued to buy agency MBS during the third quarter. Fannie and Freddie drove a 2.2% increase in residential MBS outstanding. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

Agency Delinquency Rates Ease; New Wave Forming

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae reported improvement in loan-performance rates in November. But early-payment defaults were up. (Includes data chart.) Read More

Mortgage REITs Start to Look Appetizing

Spreads between mortgage rates and interest paid on MBS have fallen to about 75 basis points. The long-term average is closer to 110 bps. Read More

Not Happening: Fannie and Freddie Out of Conservatorship by Jan. 20

As the clock winds down on the Trump White House, the GSE regulator continues to pull levers. Just not the big one. Credit: Steve Mnuchin. Read More

MBS, ABS Brace for Changes from a Biden White House

The MBS market can expect a push from increased availability of mortgages and improvements to ABS performance. Read More

New QM Rule to Shift Market Share in Residential MBS

More non-agency originations, lower market share of non-QMs and securitization of riskier loans are likely consequences of the CFPB’s new QM standards. Read More

The 2021 CMBS Recovery Will Be Slow and Fragmented

Several factors will support new loan credit quality next year, including re-covering CRE fundamentals, capital market liquidity, demand for real assets and some degree of conservatism in underwriting, said Moody’s. Read More

Grapevine: A First for FCI / Assessing Hard Money

Hard-money servicer FCI is looking for more MBS assignments and is hopeful about 2021. Meanwhile: concerns over bids in the scratch-and-dent market? Read More

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