Expanded use of bid-tape AOT transactions and mandatory mortgage deliveries increase lender efficiencies and boost profits, according to hedge consultancy Mortgage Capital Trading.
The MBA president castigated the government for its response to the banking crisis, particularly regulator efforts to expand their authority over nonbank sellers and servicers.
The “sea of red” in the mortgage bond market probably isn’t going to be enough to get the Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates, according to industry experts.
Most banks are better insulated than Silicon Valley Bank from duration risk in MBS and similar holdings, according to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. (Includes two data charts.)
With a bank liquidity crisis taking seed, some nonbank CEOs started asking a basic question: Are our escrows safe? What about our corporate deposits? Needless to say, it’s been an interesting week.
Some banks hike their use of FHLBank advances when a run on their deposits and the inability to sell their MBS holdings cut into liquidity. This strategy doesn’t seem to work for all banks.