Over the past three quarters, several Ginnie issuer/servicers have turned a nice profit by purchasing delinquent FHA (and to a lesser degree VA) mortgages out of MBS pools, rehabilitating the notes and then repooling them.
The agencies issued $304.15 billion of new single-family MBS in February — the fifth straight month over the $300 billion mark, a level never seen until August of last year.
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.
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...
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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