The Government National Mortgage Association finished its fiscal year with 11 percent more in mortgage securitizations than the previous year. Quarterly volume was also better, but monthly issuance was lower.
During its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, issuance of mortgage-backed securities at the government-owned corporation was $388.030 billion, according to data provided to Mortgage Daily. Business picked up from fiscal-year 2011, when issuance totaled $350.4 billion.
From Jan. 1 through Sept. 30, Ginnie Mae’s year-to-date volume was $305.597 billion.
Third-quarter issuance amounted to $110.694 billion, an increase from the second quarter when the Washington, D.C.-based company’s securitizations added up to $107.656 billion. In the year-earlier period, issuances were only $83.1 billion.
On a monthly basis, issuances slipped to $39.080 billion in September from the prior month’s $39.571 billion. In September 2011, issuers securitized $27.738 billion in Ginnie Mae MBS.
Included in last month’s activity was $37.275 billion in residential issuance, a little lower than $37.644 billion in August but better than $26.067 billion in September of last year.
Residential activity reflected $0.600 billion in home-equity conversion mortgage MBS, dropping from $0.792 billion the prior month. HMBS issuance amounted to $0.896 billion a year earlier.
Multifamily issuance made up $1.805 billion of September’s securitizations, down from August’s $1.927 billion. Multifamily volume was $1.671 billion during the same month in 2011.
