After aggregating mortgages from some of the largest players in the non-agency market, Pacific Western Bank is looking to sell risk on the loans that have a total unpaid principal balance of $2.68 billion.
Non-QM impairments decline after two-month increase; Balbec unit offers non-QM MBS with loans from Sprout; new CIO at Redwood; Velocity quickly packages business-purpose loans.
Spreads had steadily widened in the expanded-credit sector between February and July. But as spreads declined in August, demand for expanded-credit MBS appears to have improved.
MISMO is getting close to releasing revised standards for data collection in the non-agency MBS market. The effort could prompt efficiencies for lenders, due diligence firms and rating services.
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.
Moves by the Trump administration are disrupting the economy and the federal agencies that deal with the housing market. Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the MBA, isn’t sure how it’s all going to play out.
Is Onity Group eyeing a sale? Perhaps. And why not? Servicing values are approaching a 25-year high.
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