Activity in the non-agency mortgage market is likely to get a boost from any reforms of the government-sponsored enterprises undertaken by the Trump administration.
An affiliate of Annaly Capital Management this week issued a non-agency mortgage-backed security stocked with investment-property mortgages eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises.
Lone Star Funds, an affiliate of Caliber Home Loans, is set to issue a nonprime mortgage-backed security with some of the least seasoned loans seen in a post-crisis deal.
Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are set to issue separate prime non-agency mortgage-backed securities that are significantly larger than their previous deals.
The average combined loan-to-value ratio on mortgages in jumbo mortgage-backed securities spiked towards the end of 2018, according to a new analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. [Includes two data charts]
The total dollar volume of non-agency mortgage-backed securities backed by new originations nearly doubled in 2018, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Some $29.08 billion of non-agency MBS backed by new loans was issued in 2018, a 94.3 percent increase from 2017. Issuance of both prime non-agency MBS and expanded-credit deals hit post-crisis highs last year. Some $17.69 billion of prime non-agency ... [Includes one data chart]
The market for mortgage-backed securities with non-qualified mortgages will continue to grow in 2019, according to industry analysts. However, the annual doubling of volume seen in recent years appears unlikely. Analysts at both Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities project non-QM MBS issuance to increase by about 60 percent in 2019. Some $11.38 billion of expanded-credit MBS, including non-QMs, was issued in 2018, according to Inside Nonconforming ...