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January 16, 2025

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Non-Agency RMBS Issuance Trending Higher at Yearend

Issuance of prime non-agency MBS tripled from 2023 to 2024, boosting the market to its best year since 2021. Expanded-credit mortgage securitization accounted for 34% of non-agency issuance last year. (Includes three data tables.) Read More

California Wildfire Impact on MBS Market Dispersed

Initial projections suggest MBS backed by collateral in areas affected by the California wildfires will largely be unscathed. Read More

GSE Reform Could Prompt Wider MBS Spreads

Critics argue that, if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are released from conservatorship without an explicit government guarantee, MBS investors will demand wider spreads to cover the added credit risk. Read More

MBS Trades Fall in December, Strong Overall in 2024

Stifel is telling its clients to reallocate into MBS from corporates. Meanwhile, MBS trades slipped in December but posted a strong year. Read More

IFT Announces New Portfolio Management Service for Security Issuers

The new PM Max program provides outsourcing services for MBS and ABS portfolios. Read More

Uniti to Issue Its First ABS, Enterprise Fiber

The deal differs from other fiber ABS in that it’s backed by enterprise fiber instead of retail or bulk fiber networks. Read More

Single-Family Rental Securitization Picks Up in January

Issuance of single-family rental securitizations has seen sharp swings in recent years. Moderate growth is expected this year and deal performance is forecast to remain strong. Read More

Grapevine: Pulte Nominated for FHFA Head; Mr. Cooper Upgrade

Trump has nominated Bill Pulte to be director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency; Fitch upgrades master servicer rating on Mr. Cooper; new ABS issuer. Read More

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