The accelerated pace of prepayments agency mortgage-backed securities is creating a flow of cash for more investment in agency collateral. Under the current systems, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s efforts to implement the Home Affordable Modification Program have helped create a cyclical cash flow from pay-downs when the loans are acquired from MBS trusts to bondholders that then reinvest in other agency MBS.
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