Redwood Trust touted a new partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as one of the first steps to increasing its activity in joint ventures.
A total of 11 new MBS hit the market in the past two weeks. Chase accounted for four of the deals, with two jumbo offerings, an investment property loan securitization in partnership with Visio-Beach Point Mortgage Trust and a securitization of closed-end second liens.
Ellington Financial, MFA Financial and AG Mortgage Investment Trust boosted net income in the fourth quarter and expect to see strong performance this year.
Insurance companies and European investors have shown a growing interest in MBS backed by expanded-credit mortgages. However, there is not enough supply to meet demand.
Ed DeMarco, the former acting director of the FHFA, was among a handful of panelists at the SFVegas conference this week who called for more standardization in the non-agency MBS market.
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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