At year-end, REIT MBS holdings were down 25.2% from the comparable period in 2019. While industry-wide growth was tepid in the fourth quarter, several institutions upped their investments significantly.

Refinances accounted for 55.4% of Ginnie volume last month. Purchase-mortgage business was down 2.2% from December...

Republican Sen. Toomey said Democrats’ over-aggressive fiscal policies and the Fed’s downward pressure on interest rates threaten to trigger asset bubbles.

The amended preferred stock purchase agreement between the FHFA and Treasury includes limitations on acquisitions of mortgages for investment properties, second homes and products with “high risk” characteristics...

MFA Financial took a large loss in 2020. Overall, the company didn't acquire many non-QMs during the fourth quarter...

There was another $728.4 million of unresolved buyback demands still pending at the end of the fourth quarter...

MBS has been a favorite of institutional investors during these troubled times...

Fannie said it’s still assessing the potential damage. Freddie hinted at the possible deleterious prospects...

Some $2.96 billion of originations by Angel Oak were included in expanded-credit MBS last year.

Bank of America, the largest MBS investor in the banking industry, added $108.26 billion of GSE pass-throughs to its portfolio during the fourth quarter.