Production levels surged for agency 1-4-family MBS, non-mortgage ABS and commercial MBS from the second to the third quarter. Nonbanks continued to dominate the agency market. Includes three data charts.)

Accelerating delinquencies and forbearance claims have yet to cause a liquidity crisis for Ginnie Mae issuers. How can that be? Funny you ask...

Another day and another debt offering by a mortgage company. This time around the issuer is PennyMac Financial, a top-ranked Ginnie Mae issuer.

Ginnie Mae buyouts have simmered down the past few months but the improvement may be ephemeral. And nonbanks might be leading the charge.

Citing a record $321.87 billion in agency MBS issuance in August, Wells Fargo Securities said 2020 appears poised for historic volumes.

These are not calming times for investors in Ginnie Mae MBS. Forbearance ratios are on the rise again and then there’s the buyout issue.

The fall in prepayment speeds follows four successive months of steady increases. This may have something to do with how the rate is calculated.

A new 50-basis-point fee on GSE refis caught the mortgage industry off guard this week. A big deal or much ado about nothing? Either way, lenders are not happy.

It’s here: A mortgage-backed security, 15-years in duration, that pays investors a note rate of 1.5%. Would you lock up your money for that long? You may not have a choice.

In the first half of 2020, Freddie priced 28 deals totaling $20.73 billion. So far in the third quarter, it has already brought 10 and has 13 transactions on its calendar through September.