Finally, a true bond market rally and lower mortgage rates! Well, don’t bet the bank quite yet.

The move is meant to keep FHA multifamily loans for new construction competitive with those from other programs.

Originations from Rocket Mortgage and Rate helped increase issuance of prime non-agency MBS in the second quarter. (Includes three data tables.)

Lender liquidity accounts of the government-sponsored enterprises grew faster than profits as volumes increased. (Includes data table.)

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 calls for the end of the GSE conservatorships and a dramatically reduced role for the Fed.

A new reperforming loan securitization from MFA Financial includes loans originated through Change Lending’s low-documentation program.

With the yield on the 10-year Treasury reaching multi-month lows of late, MBS investors see smooth sailing to a rate cut by the Fed.

The new platform uses blockchain to make it easier to verify fixed-income assets and to decrease trading timelines.

An uptick in securitization of jumbo and GSE-eligible loans helped increase total non-agency MBS issuance in the second quarter. (Includes data tables.)

Most of the noncore categories where the GSEs are active lagged overall market growth. The one that didn’t: conforming jumbos. (Includes data table.)