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Refinancings comprise less than 60% of loan volume in October.

The individual performance of mortgage-related companies in this publication’s equity index ranged from a gain of about 5% to a loss of about 1% in value on the day.

Mel Watt, set to become director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is making both agency and non-agency MBS investors nervous.

The GSE regulator shies away from making changes with Congress poised to confirm a new Fannie, Freddie overseer.

New approach provides better assurances that insurers will pay claims on seasoned loans.

Contrary to historic trends, third-party mortgage loans originated after the crisis years are performing almost as well as retail originated loans.

The individual performance of mortgage-related companies in this publication’s equity index ranged from a gain of about 3% to a loss of about 2% in value on the day.

The biggest state concentration in the multibillion dollar bulk mortgage servicing rights package represents less than 10% of the portfolio.

The securitization will be backed by income from a portion of the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based firm’s portfolio of single-family rental homes.

The agency is working on a plan to modernize MBS programs.