Chart 2: Nonagency MBS Issuance Surpassed Agency MBS Issuance for the First Time in 2005 ($ in billions)
Year Nonagency MBS Agency MBS
1985
1.956
108.458
1986
6.993
262.197
1987
11.1
232.137
1988
15.42
160.948
1989
14.238
200.349
1990
24.431
234.854
1991
49.349
268.012
1992
89.466
455.163
1993
98.493
568.152
1994
63.182
358.917
1995
48.926
269.096
1996
69.893
370.433
1997
119.132
367.7
1998
203.211
726.024
1999
147.899
685.13
2000
135.959
479.08
2001
347.32
1087.645
2002
413.955
1442.57
2003
586.216
2130.917
2004
864.152
1018.684
2005
1191.263
966.321
Note: Morgtaged-backed securites (MBS) are backed by one- to four-family mortgage loans. Nonagency MBS include private-label jumbo and Alternative A transactions, plus mortgage-related ABS, including subprime, second liens, home equity lines of credit, high loan-to-value loans, scratch-and-dent, and resecuritizations.

Source: GNMA, FHLMC, FNMA, Inside MBS&ABS