MBS Issuance Declines in Early 2010, Hitting the Lowest Quarterly Volume Since Global Meltdown
April 2, 2010
New issuance of mortgage securities declined again in the first quarter of 2010 as the refinance boom that fueled last year’s recovery continued to lose momentum. A total of $314.52 billion of new MBS were issued during the first three months of the year, down 13.4 percent from the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS market... [Includes two charts]