The mortgages were originated by Lone Star affiliate Caliber Home Loans, but also LendSure Mortgage and Sterling Bank & Trust.

The ABS market itself shrank slightly during the third quarter, according to data reported by the Securities Industry and Finance Markets Association...

In the FirstKey deal, the loans have seasoned for an average of 10 years…

Current R&W disclosures are seen as particularly inadequate for deals involving non-agency mortgages from multiple lenders…

A U.S. district court judge in New York has certified a class of investors to move forward with mortgage-related fraud claims they have brought against three large banks. MBS investors led by plaintiff New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund sued units of Wells Fargo that were acquired from Wachovia Capital Markets, Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank that helped underwrite $7.7 billion of MBS issued by failed subprime lender NovaStar Mortgage. The plaintiffs accused...

The settlement noted that the subprime MBS from ResCap included mortgages with looser underwriting standards than the underwriting guidelines that were disclosed to MBS investors.

Eight of the top 10 jumbo lenders had declines in jumbo originations on a quarterly basis in the third quarter.

Freddie Mac is set to issue a $459.92 million Whole Loan Securities transaction, according to a presale report from Moody’s Investors Service. The firm didn’t rate the senior tranche of the deal but did place a Baa1 rating on a mezzanine tranche of Freddie Mac Whole Loan Securities 2016-SC02. The government-sponsored enterprise priced the latest WLS transaction this week, with the deal expected to close next week. “We are pleased with the pricing levels and depth of investor participation in the WLS program,” said Kevin Palmer, senior vice president of credit risk transfer at Freddie. “We look forward to continued issuance in 2017.” Freddie has issued...

Originations of jumbo mortgages declined slightly from the second to the third quarter of 2016, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Meanwhile, production of conventional-conforming mortgages and loans with a government guarantee increased significantly in that span, prompting an uncharacteristic decline in market share for jumbo mortgages. An estimated $100.0 billion in jumbos were originated in ... [Includes one data chart]

The market for jumbo mortgage-backed securities looks to be regaining some momentum as Shellpoint Partners plans to resume issuance and market-leader JPMorgan Chase prepares another deal. Shellpoint’s New Penn Financial is set to issue a $353.68 million jumbo MBS next week, according to presale reports by Kroll Bond Rating Agency and Moody’s Investors Service. Shellpoint Co-Originator Trust 2016-1 will mark the first issuance from the MBS shelf since ...