A conventional mortgage is a type of mortgage in which the underlying terms and conditions meet the funding criteria of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
About 35-50% of mortgages, depending on market conditions and consumer trends, are conventional mortgages. In other words, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee or purchase 35-50% of all mortgages.
Conventional mortgages may be fixed-rate or adjustable-rate mortgages.
The secondary market for conventional mortgages is extremely large and liquid. Most conventional mortgages are packaged into pass-through mortgage-backed securities, which trade in a well-established forward market known as the mortgage TBA (to be announced) market.
Many conventional pass-through securities are further securitized into collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs).
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