July 19, 2024 | Inside Mortgage Finance

Non-Agency MBS Issuance Ratchets Higher in 2Q24

Much of the second-quarter gain came from NPL/RPL and home equity securitizations. Prime MBS issuance in the first half was up three-fold from last year, while ECM production was up 32.7%. (Includes data tables.) Read More

Government Has Options for Boosting Non-Agency MBS

The non-agency market could gain from a reduction in GSE loan limits, revision in capital requirements for banks and updated requirements for publicly registered securitizations. Read More

MBS Trading Heads North, Time to Take Profits?

With the yield on the 10-year Treasury reaching multi-month lows of late, MBS investors see smooth sailing to a rate cut by the Fed. Read More

Radian Conduit Preps Its First Jumbo MBS

The mortgage insurer’s non-agency conduit started aggregating loans in late 2022. Read More

Ginnie’s HMBS 2.0 Proposal Will Need Investor Buy-In

The proposal aims to address issues that contributed to the failure of HECM lender Reverse Mortgage Funding in early 2022. Read More

First of its Kind Securitization Involving SBA Loans

The pooling of about $100 million of SBA loans should provide economies of scale to smaller lenders. Read More

Freddie Announces Multifamily Giant PCs

The new PCs will provide investors more flexibility and efficiency by allowing them to consolidate smaller securities. Read More

Rocktop, LiquidFi Team Up on Tool for Mortgage Investments

The new platform uses blockchain to make it easier to verify fixed-income assets and to decrease trading timelines. Read More

Grapevine: REIT Faces Scrutiny; New Feature on Fannie CRT

Arbor Realty Trust affirms accounting, business practices; Fannie offers new CRT tranche; two ABS issuers under pressure. Read More

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July 18, 2024

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Non-Agency MBS Issuance Ratchets Higher in 2Q24

Government Has Options for Boosting Non-Agency MBS

MBS Trading Heads North, Time to Take Profits?

Radian Conduit Preps Its First Jumbo MBS

Ginnie’s HMBS 2.0 Proposal Will Need Investor Buy-In

First of its Kind Securitization Involving SBA Loans

Freddie Announces Multifamily Giant PCs

Rocktop, LiquidFi Team Up on Tool for Mortgage Investments

Grapevine: REIT Faces Scrutiny; New Feature on Fannie CRT

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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?