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If you have a mortgage, you may be unknowingly participating in a mortgage-backed security (MBS). That is, your home loan may be part of a pool of mortgages that has been packaged ...
A mortgage-backed security (MBS) is an investment product that consists of thousands of individual mortgages. Investors can purchase MBSs on the secondary market and directly from the issuer.
The federal funds rate and mortgage interest rates are often expected to move together, but they haven’t lately. Here’s why.
President Trump wants to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A survey shows nearly half of investors expect it by 2028.
Most mortgages are eventually sold to investors through this market, and the pricing of mortgage-backed securities directly influences the rates lenders can offer. For example, when investor ...
Make sure you're comparing apples to apples when you compare mortgage rates. This includes both ARMs vs. fixed-rate mortgages as well as other types of mortgages. For example, government-backed ...