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November 18, 2021

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Banks Look Ready to Pick up the Slack as Fed Pulls Away

Banks and thrifts increased their residential MBS holdings by $77 billion during the third quarter of 2021, continuing to favor Fannie/Freddie pass-through securities. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

Investment-Property Loans Flowing into Non-Agency MBS

Nearly $4.0 billion of non-agency MBS with mortgages for investment properties was on offer in the past two weeks. Many of the deals are backed by GSE-eligible mortgages. Read More

The Problem With Cutting GSE LLPAs Is This…

The consensus is that FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson wants to cut LLPAs, but if she does, how do the government-sponsored enterprises pay for it? Read More

MBS Trading Increased in October But So Did Rates

October was a strong month for the trading of mortgage securities as investors weighed the prospect of rising interest rates and inflation data. Read More

FHFA Gets a Clean Bill of Health from the GAO

The regulator of the GSEs said it met most of its goals and subgoals for the past year. And once again, FHFA announced plans to significantly grow its staff. Read More

Checks and Balances in Fannie’s Green Bonds Program

Fannie Mae knows that the loans in its green programs aren’t necessarily super-green, but officials at the GSEs say incremental improvement in existing buildings is a major goal. Read More

Ginnie Expands eSignatures to Paper Loan Modifications

Ginnie Mae permits the use of eSignatures and remote online notarization for loan-modification agreements on paper mortgages. The agency received a thumbs-up from Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization. Read More

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