Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issuance rose nearly 10% in April to the highest level in four months.
Lenders issued and sold $40 billion in
That included $36.8 billion in forward single-family loans in Ginnie Mae I and in Ginnie II pools.
Reverse mortgage lenders securitized $972 million in FHA-insured home equity conversion mortgages, the most in two years.
Securitizations of jumbo mortgages (with balances above $417,000) totaled $812 million in April, compared to $754 million in March.
April issuance of multifamily MBS totaled $2.1 billion, down slightly from $2.3 billion in the prior month.
