Public finance

The volume of Ginnie securities issued in December marked the first time more than $80 billion has been issued in a month.

The government-sponsored enterprise's first multifamily sustainability bond transaction, totaling $600 million, is part of Freddie's K-Deal program.

The net share of mortgages in Ginnie Mae securitizations with suspended payments appears to be stabilizing, but the number of new requests creates doubt about whether it will subside.

The percentage of borrowers who have asked to temporarily suspend payments due to coronavirus-related hardships is down overall, but in the Ginnie Mae market, they're still inching up.

Also the Federal Housing Administration, which is a key contributor of government-insured loans to Ginnie securitizations, recently set new conditions on mortgage applicants that have been in forbearance.

Ginnie Mae helped to fund more than $70 billion in loans aimed at helping low- and moderate-income borrowers in July.

Seeking to reverse a decades-long disparity in homeownership, the Urban League of Greater Madison has launched a $5 million initiative to help more Black Madisonians own their own homes.

After receiving a third-party stamp of approval, Fannie Mae announced July 27 completing the latest two issuances of a single-family green mortgage backed security as part of an ongoing program that started in April and expands its long-time multi-family green MBS program.

The government agency's restrictions on issuer options for pooling loans go into effect immediately. Here's one thing it could mean for the secondary market.

A bankruptcy judge will be asked to sign off on the sale of BHF's Shoreline portfolio in Chicago and will hold an initial Chapter 11 hearing on another portfolio.