Many of those green loans will still be eligible for purchase by the GSEs. Social bonds appear unaffected.

Issuance of spec-pool MBS in the second quarter increased at a faster pace at Freddie than at Fannie. Pools of loans for Florida properties continued to be favored over loans from New York and Texas. (Includes data table.)

Urban Institute researchers say the mortgage industry will experience slightly better capital treatment as a result of the changes to the Basel III Endgame, but they recommend some improvements.