Bank statement and alternative-documentation mortgages helped increase expanded-credit MBS issuance in the fourth quarter of 2024. (Includes three data tables.)
The new licensing requirement represents a major shift for the MBS market, with participants scrambling to either comply or avoid loans in the state. A challenge to the requirements appears likely.
The MBA noted that buyouts are capital intensive and can create liquidity stress for nonbanks, which don’t have large balance sheets to hold nonperforming loans for an extended period.
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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