Securitizations on behalf of the Government National Mortgage Association climbed to the highest level they’ve been in nine months.
Mortgage-backed securities issued on behalf of Ginnie Mae came to $42.830 billion during May, according to an issuance summary.
The last time that the government-owned firm experienced volume that high was in August 2015, when issuance was $44.904 billion.
Business moved up from one month previous, when
$41.037 billion in MBS was issued.
Activity additionally ascended from May 2015, when Ginnie Mae issuance worked out to $41.662 billion.
A total of $182.856 billion in MBS has been issued during the first-five months of 2016 on behalf of the Washington-based organization.
Residential issuance accounted for $41.490 billion of last month’s total, more than the $40.056 billion in April 2016 and $39.363 billion the same month in 2015.
Included in May 2016’s residential total was $2.182 billion in jumbo issuance, less than $2.308 billion one month earlier.
Another $0.857 billion in home-equity conversion mortgages were included in the residential total, more than $0.775 billion HMBS issued in April.
Multifamily issuance was $1.340 billion, climbing from $0.981 billion one month earlier but significantly lower than $2.299 billion one year earlier.