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The $146 million deal could indicate that volume in the asset class has gotten large enough to support programmatic activity in the pricey housing market.

“I myself believe that the ‘substantial further progress’ standard has more than been met with regard to our price-stability mandate and has all but been met with regard to our employment mandate,” Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida said Tuesday.

Kind Lending founder Gary Stearns told the National Association of Mortgage Brokers that the wholesale channel always feels the pain first in a slowdown and that changes were coming to the industry after a remarkable run, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

The entire pool is comprised of fixed-rate, fully amortizing mortgages, with an average balance of $901,373. They are also first-lien loans.

One issuer says inclusion of enhanced reporting is the first step toward putting the entire RMBS platform on the blockchain.

In a recent note to clients, JPMorgan strategists including Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou noted that inflation surprises are likely to persist into 2022 as supply bottlenecks and commodity price rallies continue.

Common Securitization Solutions has disbanded a group of independent board members originally brought on in early 2020 to look into using the government-sponsored enterprises’ platform to serve a broader market.

The purchase of home, mortgage and title assets for roughly $471 million in cash allows the buyer to expand into Houston, Dallas and San Antonio and increase its presence in Austin.

The GSE comes to market with a pool that is less volatile than average Freddie Mac pass-through deals, plus below-average amortization.

The acquisition of Sabal Capital Partners, which has been growing its footprint in commercial mortgage-backed securities lending, will help the Alabama bank build out its capital markets business.