Improvements to practices in the non-agency MBS market will help to protect investors from lenders that don’t make it through the current market contraction, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
Securitization from Unlock and Saluda Grade with home-equity agreements; NewRez offers 40-year mortgages with interest-only option; Fitch to acquire dv01; DBRS adds Clarifii to its list of due diligence providers.
Non-agency business-purpose lending is paying off for Velocity Financial. The firm turned a profit in the second quarter despite a decline in originations.
Angel Oak Mortgage suffered widening losses in the second quarter amid weak demand in the secondary market for non-QMs. Still, officials at the REIT suggest that things are looking up.
For the first time since May, a non-agency MBS with GSE-eligible mortgages for investment properties hit the market. And Change Lending switched products with its latest offering, focusing on mortgages with income verification. Overall, issuance remains slow.
Angel Oak settles with SEC on misreporting of delinquencies on fix-and-flip securitization; Sachem increases profits and originations in second quarter; LendSure launches five- to eight-unit DSCR product; rating services add firms to lists of acceptable due diligence providers.
Redwood’s jumbo acquisition volume declined by more than 40% in the second quarter and the REIT took a loss on its residential activities. Officials at Redwood said the company is well-positioned moving forward.
Annaly is seeing strong returns from its aggregation and sales of non-agency mortgages even with weak demand in the secondary market. The REIT boosted its non-agency MBS issuance with plans for further growth.
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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