The share of adjustable-rate mortgages held in portfolio hit an exceptionally high level in the second quarter of 2016, according to a new analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. An estimated $53.00 billion in ARMs were originated in the second quarter of 2016 and $4.69 billion in ARMs were included in mortgage-backed securities issued during the period. The ARM securitization rate in the second quarter was 8.8 percent, down from 13.9 percent ... [Includes two data charts]
Special treatment for the government-sponsored enterprises regarding debt-to-income ratios on qualified mortgages and “emergency” high-cost loan limits accounted for about 25.0 percent of the single-family business that passed through the GSEs in the first half of 2016, according to an analysis by affiliated publication Inside The GSEs. In the first six months of 2016, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securitized $64.52 billion of single-family mortgages with DTI ratios ...
The sample deal-agent agreement released by non-agency industry participants in September aims to provide a template for a third party that would protect investors in future non-agency mortgage-backed securities. Some industry participants warn that there are still more issues that need to be addressed, including a potential overlap in the duties for a deal agent and tasks traditionally handled by trustees and master servicers. At the recent ABS East conference produced by ...
While delinquencies on nonprime, non-qualified mortgages originated in recent years have been low, lenders note that servicing these loans requires unique efforts. How borrowers are welcomed by the servicer is seen as particularly important. Daniel Perl, CEO of Citadel Servicing, said Citadel’s borrowers receive three or four phone calls from the servicer within the first 20 days of origination. “We want people to understand that we’re here to help,” Perl said during a recent webinar ...
Some $41.77 billion in higher-priced mortgages were sold in 2015, down 19.9 percent from 2014, according to an Inside Nonconforming Markets analysis of recently released data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. Their share of total loan sales also decreased in 2015 to 3.3 percent. Higher-priced mortgages are sometimes seen as a proxy for nonprime mortgages. First-lien higher-priced mortgages are defined as loans with an ... [Includes one data chart]
Regulatory actions and lawsuits involving non-qualified mortgages have been essentially non-existent since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ability-to-repay rule took effect at the start of 2014. R. Andrew Arculin, counsel at the Venable law firm, noted that the broader economy has helped keep borrowers performing, limiting foreclosures to this point. “One of the lurking variables that I think people are concerned about is what happens if the market crashes and ...
The Structured Finance Industry Group is preparing to publish standards that aim to increase transparency for representations and warranties on new non-agency mortgage-backed securities, according to officials at the trade group. Eric Kaplan, a managing partner at Ranieri Strategies, said SFIG will release one or two “green papers” this year as part of the group’s RMBS 3.0 effort to revive issuance of non-agency MBS. He said the next green paper from SFIG will ... [Includes two briefs]
Ginnie Mae rode a surging purchase-mortgage market and heavy refinance activity to new production records during the third quarter of 2016. The agency issued a whopping $145.14 billion of single-family mortgage-backed securities during the third quarter, according to an Inside FHA/VA Lending analysis of MBS disclosures. That figure is based on pool-level disclosures that reveal exact principal balance amounts and it includes securities backed by FHA home-equity conversion mortgages. The data in the table below are based on truncated loan-level disclosures and do not include HECM activity. New Ginnie MBS issuance in the third quarter was up 15.7 percent from the previous quarter. Ginnie MBS production set three consecutive monthly records during the third quarter, culminating in a huge $52.46 billion month in September. Purchase-mortgage activity was the key driver, but the ... [ 4 charts ]
Requiring an undercapitalized issuer to repurchase uninsured performing mortgages out of a mortgage-backed securities pool could increase risk to the federal government, warned Ginnie Mae. Responding to an adverse audit report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of the Inspector General, Ginnie said that while it generally accepts the IG’s recommendations, forcing an undercapitalized issuer to buy out performing loans and either hold them in portfolio or sell them at a substantial loss would put the government at greater risk. “This is something we need to be alert to in certain cases,” the agency said. According to the report, Ginnie improperly allowed more than $49 million of single-family mortgages with terminated insurance to remain in its MBS pools for more than one year without obtaining FHA coverage. The IG warned Ginnie could be on the ...
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