On Thursday, Ginnie Mae—the government-owned corporation that attracts global capital into the housing finance system—announced that issuance of its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) totaled $36.41 billion in January 2018. This brings Ginnie Mae’s total outstanding principal balance to $1.924 trillion, up ...
Read More »Smaller Banks Picked up RMBS Slack in Q3
The third quarter of 2017 saw many of the larger bank servicers scaling back their portfolios of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), while smaller regional banks and non-bank servicers moved to seize the opportunity, as reported by Fitch Ratings’ latest RMBS ...
Read More »FHA Reverse Mortgage MBS Issuances Surged in Q4 2017
NewView Advisors, LLC, a financial services firm based in New York, has released a new look at the state of HECM mortgage-backed securities for 2017. HECM is the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Home Equity Conversion Mortgage reverse mortgage program, which ...
Read More »Ginnie Mae: Outstanding Principal Balance Edges Closer to $2 Trillion
The GSE has released its latest Unpaid Principal Balance Summary, revealing that Ginnie Mae issued nearly $40 billion of MBS for the month of November 2017.
Read More »Steady 2018 RMBS Market Still Holds Risks
As companies start to issue more transactions in the new year, a new report takes a look at how the RMBS market will continue to perform.
Read More »JPMorgan Settles 401(k) Suit Tied to MBS
The settlement, pertaining to a 2012 class-action suit, is now awaiting approval by a U.S. district judge.
Read More »Judge Refuses To Toss Deutsche Bank Case
BlackRock Inc., Pimco among plaintiffs against the bank alleging mishandling of trusts.
Read More »RBS Settles With NCUA
The Royal Bank of Scotland settles with the National Credit Union Administration Board over toxic mortgage-backed securities sold to credit unions that subsequently failed.
Read More »The Ups and Downs of Goldman Sachs Two Quarters
The first and second quarters of 2016 told different stories for Goldman Sachs with regards to earnings and overall business operations.
Read More »FHFA to Implement Securitization Platform Software in 2016
FHFA reported that the GSEs expect to meet the GSES' goals for the implementation of the first use of the CSP software later this year and for using the CSP to issue Single Securities in 2018.
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