September 8, 2023 | Inside Mortgage Finance

Agency MBS Issuance Slips as Housing Cools in August

With primary-market rates topping 7% in August, the outlook for agency single-family MBS production is not favorable. A clutch of nonbanks continues to dominant issuance. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

SFA Non-Agency MBS Data Tape Revisions Progressing

The Structured Finance Association continues to push forward on revising the disclosures used with non-agency MBS. The revisions could lead to major changes in industry practices. Read More

Credit Unions Consider Selling Seasoned Loans

Some credit unions are toying with the idea of selectively trimming their holdings of seasoned residential mortgages. A trend or just a blip in activity? Read More

M&A Activity in the Secondary Market Ticks Up

The increase in activity can be attributed to higher interest rates and liquidity concerns. Read More

Bayview Courts Insurers With New Asset Management Unit

The new insurance asset management unit is being led by former MetLife executive Nancy Mueller-Handal. Read More

SEC Spares CLOs in Private Fund Adviser Rule

The final rule for private fund advisers addressed many concerns of CLO market watchers around compliance burdens. Separately, a federal appeals court held that syndicated term loans aren’t securities. Read More

Fed’s Balance Sheet Reduction Moving Slowly

Despite 15 months of balance sheet reduction, at the current pace, it will still take the Federal Reserve nearly four and a half years to bring its holdings of MBS and Treasuries down to pre-pandemic levels. Read More

Grapevine: ‘Modest’ Impact on MBS from Hurricane Idalia; FDIC Selling Loans

Most residential MBS and commercial MBS have limited exposure to the hurricane; the FDIC is working to sell Signature Bank’s $33 billion portfolio of commercial mortgages; DBRS ready to rate residential transition loan MBS; MISMO seeking comments on ESG materials. Read More

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Agency MBS Issuance Slips as Housing Cools in August

SFA Non-Agency MBS Data Tape Revisions Progressing

Credit Unions Consider Selling Seasoned Loans

M&A Activity in the Secondary Market Ticks Up

Bayview Courts Insurers With New Asset Management Unit

SEC Spares CLOs in Private Fund Adviser Rule

Fed’s Balance Sheet Reduction Moving Slowly

Grapevine: ‘Modest’ Impact on MBS from Hurricane Idalia; FDIC Selling Loans

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