The latest MBS from Blackstone includes non-agency mortgages for investment properties from various lenders. The firm’s pre-pandemic non-agency MBS were backed by loans from Finance of America.
Non-agency MBS brought to the market in the past two weeks were primarily stocked with jumbo mortgages and GSE-eligible loans for investment properties. There were also a few expanded-credit deals.
UWM has its own non-agency MBS shelf, allowing the lender/servicer to directly issue deals. However, the company continues to contribute mortgages to non-agency MBS issued by others.
The Mortgage Bankers Association and the Housing Policy Council are calling on Ginnie Mae to end temporary pooling restrictions imposed on reperforming loans during the pandemic.
The latest delay to implementation of margin requirements for agency MBS is tied to changes proposed to Rule 4210 following FINRA’s discussions with staff at the Federal Reserve and the SEC.
Nick Maciunas, head of agency research at JPMorgan, spoke about how COVID-related forbearance loan modifications may impact Ginnie investors during a recent podcast hosted by the agency.
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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