Investopedia / Laura Porter The Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act (SMMEA) is an act passed in the United States in 1984 to meet a growing demand for mortgage credit that existing federal ...

The secondary bond market is expected to see a rebound in activity as investors prepare to reinvest coupon inflows, following a decline in trading volumes last week. Market turnover fell 3.38 ...

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans increased slightly but are still hovering near their lowest level of 2025. Rate movement was ...

the bank said in its annual secondary market review. Investment bank Lazard put the volume of secondary deals to close in 2024 at a more conservative-but-still-record $152 billion, compared with $ ...

The secondary market experienced limited volumes, amidst the lack of market activity, and the secondary market yield curve remained broadly unchanged yesterday. Market trades were limited ...

The labor market is showing signs of softness but is not breaking down yet, which has kept mortgage rates higher for longer. Since 2022, my guiding principle has been that the labor market is more ...

Secondary PE deals are those in which existing investors sell their stakes to new investors. They also refer to sales of a company stake to a new fund arranged by a PE firm. Global activity in such ...

a 45% increase from 2023 levels and up around 23% from the previous $132bn record for such deals in 2021, the bank said in its annual secondary market review. Investment bank Lazard put the ...

Describing the modern-day mortgage market as challenging would be an understatement, to say the least. Mortgage interest rates have steadily ramped up throughout 2024. The average rate throughout ...

The secondary market also faces pressure from high mortgage costs, prompting some sellers to transition from sales to rentals. Analysts forecast price stagnation in this segment throughout 2025. "We ...

Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage edged down to 6.89% from last week's reading of 6.95%.

30-year mortgage rates inched slightly lower this week during a volatile period for bond markets but remained close to 6.9%. The average 30-year mortgage rate fell two basis points to 6.87% this ...