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Agency Multifamily MBS Props up Sagging CMBS

Non-agency CMBS issuance last year sank to its lowest production level since 2012 and key real estate sectors remain under stress. But the agency multifamily MBS programs continued to grow. (Includes data chart.) Read More

Heavy Refi Flow Drives Spike in GNMA Removals

Some $714 billion of loans were removed from Ginnie MBS last year, with about 86% of them representing borrower payoffs. Repurchases of delinquent loans were also up sharply from 2019. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

FHFA Cash-Window Change Has Sellers Scratching Their Heads

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? Read More

Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Non-QM Market Alters Strategy

Originators of non-qualified mortgages are selling product in smaller batches and as whole loans. The reason: better execution than delivering them into MBS. Read More

NY Legislation Eases LIBOR Transition Concerns

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2022 budget proposal includes language that formalizes the inevitable shift from LIBOR to SOFR for most financial institutions. Read More

Ginnie Mae: An Agency Without a President or Candidates

A pop quiz: What backstops $2 trillion in mortgages, earns $1 billion-plus per year but still doesn’t have a permanent boss? Read More

MBS Market Now Dominated by Government Intervention?

Have Federal Reserve policies, and the flood of refis that they’ve created, permanently altered MBS markets? Read More

Grapevine: More Originations, More MBS; Wells and Mortgages?

It was a record year for mortgage production. Meaning: a ton of new MBS.

Inside MBS & ABS

January 28, 2021

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Agency Multifamily MBS Props up Sagging CMBS

Heavy Refi Flow Drives Spike in GNMA Removals

FHFA Cash-Window Change Has Sellers Scratching Their Heads

Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Non-QM Market Alters Strategy

NY Legislation Eases LIBOR Transition Concerns

Ginnie Mae: An Agency Without a President or Candidates

MBS Market Now Dominated by Government Intervention?

Grapevine: More Originations, More MBS; Wells and Mortgages?

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January 28, 2021

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As homeowner equity continues to build, more and more lenders are launching home equity lending products. Are you thinking of joining this market?