New issuance of prime non-agency MBS increased by 6.1 percent during the second quarter of 2006, lifting the market to its third best quarter ever in terms of new volume, according to a new ranking and analysis from the Inside Mortgage Finance MBS Database. A total of $152.49 billion of prime non-agency MBS – including prime jumbo and Alt A deals – was issued during the most recent three-month period. The only bigger quarters in… [One data table included]