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February 6, 2025

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January Surprise in Agency MBS: Wee Boost in Issuance

Although interest rates were higher on loans backing agency MBS in January, there was a small, if uneven, increase in issuance from the previous month. (Includes two data tables.) Read More

GSE-Eligible Loans Hit Non-Agency MBS Following Reform Talk

Uncertainty on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has caused some lenders to deliver their agency-eligible production to the non-agency secondary market. Read More

REIT Agency MBS Investors Cautious on GSE Reform

The leaders of the big REITs that invest in agency MBS want a federal backstop for GSE MBS to continue. Read More

GSE CRT Activity Tanks in Fourth Quarter

Combined issuance of Fannie Mae CAS and Freddie Mac STACRs came to $8.31 billion in 2024 — the lowest total since 2013, the year GSE CRT activity started. (Includes data table.) Read More

Freddie’s CRT Issuance Likely Steady in 2025

STACR and ACIS activity in 2025 is expected to be similar to 2024, or slightly higher, due to a larger pipeline of loans eligible for inclusion in CRT. Read More

FHFA, Ginnie Face Complications in Nonbank-Failure Prep

The Federal Housing Finance Agency in recent years has done a better job than Ginnie Mae in interagency planning for a hypothetical nonbank crisis, according to the Government Accountability Office. Read More

Come On In, the MSR Financing Water is Fine

The structured products group at Atlas stepped up to finance servicing rights owned by loanDepot. The line replaces one the nonbank had with Flagstar. Read More

Commercial MBS Exposure to Federal Leases Limited

The Trump administration has initiated an effort to end leases on office space used by the federal government. Some properties in commercial MBS have government leases but few deals face elevated exposures, according to S&P. Read More

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