An Update On Alternative Credit Scores

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By Dick Kazarian, Managing Director - Borrower Analytics Group - January 2026 The Adoption Of Alternative Credit Scores Within The Mortgage Industry Continues To Evolve As widely reported in numerous trade publications, FICO and the FHFA have recently reached an agreement for the release of historical FICO-10T data with various loan-level single-family datasets. According to... Read more »

Residential MSR Market Update – November 2025

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By Mike Carnes, Managing Director - MIAC MSR Valuations Group Fair Market Value Update Following the Federal Reserve’s recent 25-basis-point rate cut, mortgage rates initially moved lower but have since leveled off. Market sentiment has moderated in response to Chair Powell’s recent comments, which suggested that additional rate reductions in 2025 are not guaranteed. MIAC’s... Read more »

Residential MSR Market Update – July 2025

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By Mike Carnes, Managing Director; Jennifer Howell, Managing Director; Nicholas Manolis, SVP – MIAC MSR Valuations Group Fair Market Value Update From end-of-month May to end-of-month June 2025, MIAC’s Primary 30-Year Mortgage Rate (C30 PMR) declined by approximately 27 basis points, while the benchmark earnings rate (5-Year SOFR) fell by roughly 18 basis points. These… Read more »

Residential MSR Market Update – April 2025

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By Mike Carnes, Managing Director; Jennifer Howell, Managing Director; Nicholas Manolis, SVP – MIAC MSR Valuations Group Fair Market Value Update From end-of-month February 2025 to end-of-month March 2025, MIAC’s primary 30-year mortgage rate (C30 PMR) remained essentially flat while earnings rate (SOFR 5Y) dropped by 9 basis points. Source: MIAC Analytics™ Source: MIAC Analytics™… Read more »

Residential MSR Market Update – February 2025

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By Mike Carnes, Managing Director, MSR Valuations Group Ginnie Mae Performance From our vantage point, higher delinquencies continue to plague newer vintage Ginnie Mae MSRs. From November ’24 to January ’25 MIAC respectively tracked $617, $730, and $563 million in early buyouts for a 3-month total of $1.91 billion. In addition, there was another $1.7… Read more »

MSR Market Update – Q3 2022

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By Mike Carnes, Managing Director, MSR Valuations Group MSR Price Changes (YTD 2022) As displayed in Figure 1, MIAC Generic Servicing Assets™ (GSAs) have experienced significant YTD 2022 price increases across all four sectors and both vintages, with a UPB-weighted increase of 1.17 multiple (or 30.0%). Within Conventional products, pricing increased substantially more for 30-year… Read more »

MSR Market Update – Q1 2022

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By Mike Carnes, Managing Director, MSR Valuations Group MSR Pricing MSR prices continued their dramatic ascent in Q1 2022. As displayed in Figure 1, MIAC Generic Servicing Assets (GSAs™) experienced first quarter price increases across all four sectors and both vintages, with a UPB-weighted Q-on-Q increase of 0.97 multiple (or 24.9%). Within Conventional products, pricing… Read more »