Securitization Continues Funding Vast Majority Of Residential Mortgages Originated in 2012
May 31, 2012
Thanks to the ongoing domination of the MBS market by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae, securitization continued to fund the overwhelming majority of home loans originated during the first three months of 2012. A new Inside MBS & ABS analysis revealed that the volume of securitized newly-originated residential mortgages equaled a whopping 97.0 percent of home loans originated during the first quarter of this year. That came close to the record 99.7 percent securitization rate set back in the first quarter of last year. The delay between primary market origination...(Includes one data chart)