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A group of Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer, asked the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to pause any efforts to privatize mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Loans with alternative documentation and high combined loan-to-value ratios had more performance concerns, according to a new KBRA study.

Wall Street is cranking up the bond machine as US homeowners, finding that buying a new house is out of reach since mortgage rates started climbing in 2022, are instead getting home equity loans and sprucing up their current properties.

The volatility pushed whole loan spreads wider and brought single-asset single-borrower commercial mortgage-backed securitization to a halt as lenders waited for clarity.

Securitizations are breaking new ground and whole loan investors have been active as nonbanks increasingly originate and sell second lien products.

The Detroit company intends to pay at least $1.9 billion of the servicer's senior notes due through 2028, and could cover another $3 billion due through 2032.

The new notes redeem older ones issued in 2018 and address the kind of near-term obligation that analysts have monitored closely at nonbank mortgage firms.

Signs are emerging that the Trump administration may be less willing to give up control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than investors have bargained for, as policymakers scrounge for ways to close US budget gaps.

The product, as well as the housing market, is different today than what it was two decades ago, where some feel it was a cause of the financial crisis.

The company wants some holders of bonds due next year to allow a higher debt-to-equity ratio so it can pursue strong returns while managing certain risks.