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The San Francisco bank reported a 26% increase in its third-quarter earnings, thanks to robust single-family, multifamily and commercial real estate loan activity in New York, Boston and its home city.

Two Wall Street firms and a single-family rental investor have purchased portions of the government-sponsored enterprise's latest nonperforming loan package.

The higher dollar amounts could be a way for companies to drive volume at a time when rates are increasing.

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.

Also, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae's securitization platform shuns private-label market, UniversalCIS and Credit Plus merge and Arizent research shows work remains to reach industry DEI goals.

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.