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February 1, 2019

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GSE Credit-Risk Transfer Volume at Record High

Fannie/Freddie’s issuance of credit-risk transfer debt notes hit a record high of $15.19 billion in 2018. [Includes one data chart.] Read More

Nonbanks Amassed Large MBS Market Share in 2018

Nonbank mortgage operations continued their assault on the agency MBS market in 2018, increasing their penetration in both new issuance and servicing. [Includes two data charts.] Read More

Concerns About GSE Reform and MBS Buyers

Depending on what type of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac reform occurs in the next few years, there’s a growing concern in the market that foreign investors — and others — may shy away from their MBS unless there’s an explicit guarantee on the securities. Read More

Walker & Dunlop Confident on Multifamily Small Loans

Multifamily lender Walker & Dunlop plans to expand its small-loan business, confident about investor demand and performance of such assets in the secondary market. Read More

Fed Maintains Rate; May Hold onto MBS Portfolio

Surprising no one, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday decided not to raise the target rate on federal funds above the current 2.25 percent. The vote, as usual, was unanimous. Read More

Ginnie Mae Puts Pooling Curbs on loanDepot

Ginnie Mae late Wednesday barred loanDepot from delivering VA single-family loans to Ginnie Mae I and multi-issuer pools apparently due to unusually high prepayment rates in its VA loan portfolio. Read More

Favorable Trends Seen in RPL Securitization Market

There has been a significant uptick in the re-performing loan market, including whole-loan sales and securitizations (some unrated), as more borrowers move from a nonperforming to re-performing status, according to a new analysis by credit rating agency DBRS. Read More

Calabria Confirmation Process Gets More Tangled

Mark Calabria, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, may be looking at a prolonged confirmation process in the Senate, according to industry observers. Read More

Final Word on 20 Percent Pass-Through Deduction

The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations clarifying whether residential lenders, including nonbanks, are eligible for the 20 percent pass-through deduction under Section 199A of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Read More

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Fannie changes bylaws, Phillips staying put... Read More

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