Despite the achievement of the ranking, UWM’s contribution to jumbo MBS actually declined by 4.4% on an annual basis last year while overall non-agency jumbo securitization increased...
Agency multifamily MBS programs accounted for 72.2% of total commercial mortgage securitization in 2020, their most dominant share since the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis.
The FHFA wants to place a volume cap on mortgages sold through the Fannie/Freddie cash window. An effort to boost lender securitizations or something else?
The market produced $42.61 billion of new ABS in the fourth quarter, a 38.7% decline from the previous three-month period. That brought year-to-date issuance to $202.02 billion, down 11.0% from 2019.
The concern centers on a clause that states beginning January 2022, the FHFA will cap the amount of mortgages any lender can deliver to the cash window at $1.5 billion over any four-quarter period.
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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