The rock-bottom interest rates had substantially less impact elsewhere in the structured-finance market...

On Friday, Black Knight released its weekly forbearance report, declaring that 5.2% of all mortgages were in some form of relief, a 92,000 unit decline for the seven-day period ending Jan. 5. The data analytics vendor said despite what looked like positive news, it cited a “troubling slowdown in the rate of improvement.”

The underlying loans have seasoned for an average of 28 months.

When lending volume slows, the share of higher-risk loans typically grows as well...

Between 2014 and 2018, Renovate America issued 13 PACE ABS, amassing a volume total of $2.83 billion. However, the company didn’t issue a single deal after May 2018...

What's more, the GSEs upped their share of the agency market to 75.8%, and dominated the overall single-family market as well...

Late last week, Black Knight released its measurement: 2.83 million mortgages in COVID-related relief for the seven-day period ending Dec. 29. The FHA/VA (GNMA) reading increased by 11,000 units.

In general, most of the delinquent loan buying has been done by the megabanks and top-ranked direct-FHA funders like Quicken Loans and PennyMac...

Like many mortgage-related REITS, Annaly has returned to profitability and has experienced an improvement in its net interest margin.

Kroll Bond Rating Service had a strong year over the first nine months of 2020, with a 12.4% increase in business from the same period in 2019...