Two non-agency MBS issued in March included a significant number of loans that didn’t receive full appraisals due to GSE policies. Rating services penalized the collateral by increasing assessed LTV ratios.
AIG is set to issue a jumbo MBS with new production and MFA Financial has a non-QM deal with loans that have seasoned for 16 months. A surge of issuance also looks likely later this month.
CSBS moving forward with servicing standards for nonbanks; A&D launches jumbo with new QM standards; Angel Oak Commercial Lending expanding into wholesale; Redwood adds Faith Schwartz and Armando Falcon to its board.
A group of 15 lenders tracked by this publication increased production of IOs in 2020. Many of them are banks that are able to keep the loans in portfolio. (Includes data chart.)
The margins on originating non-QMs look good enough for Impac to resume production. The lender suffered a large loss in 2020, partially due to pandemic-driven volatility in the sector.
The investment-property lender boosted income in 4Q20 with a whole-loan sale. The firm is also planning to issue an MBS backed by recently funded loans in 2Q21.
ARM production increased on an annual basis in 2020 but its share of first-lien originations fell to a level not seen since 2009. (Includes data chart.)
Is Onity Group eyeing a sale? Perhaps. And why not? Servicing values are approaching a 25-year high.
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