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Mortgage-Backed Security (Mbs)
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mortgage-backed security (mbs)
- a Fannie Mae security that represents an undivided interest in a group of mortgages. Principal and interest payments from the individual mortgage loans are grouped and paid out to the MBS holders.
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development