It’s getting difficult to project mortgage rates in the near term, putting pressure on agency MBS investors. Still, analysts at BofA Global Research maintain an overweight for holdings of agency MBS.
The SEC alleged Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust’s valuation practices for collateralized mortgage obligations violated the Investment Advisors Act and the Investment Company Act.
Early data from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac suggest that, despite the one-two blow of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the storms’ impact on GSE credit-risk transfer transactions is relatively modest.
Ginnie Mae Acting President Sam Valverde believes long-term commitment of resources could allow the agency to do more to address nonbank liquidity challenges.
The refi boom fizzled in recent weeks as mortgage rates increased. Now it’s a waiting game for lenders and borrowers, with rates expected to go down, eventually.
TD Bank plans to sell some of its jumbo mortgages and a correspondent business to free up asset space under a new cap set by the OCC. Wells Fargo, meanwhile, appears to be nearing a release from its cap.
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