Downgrades for loanDepot on Warehouse Deals May 17, 2022 Brandon Ivey Moody's had raised concerns about the concentration of “wet loans” in the securitizations...Read More
Purchase Mortgages Prop Up Ginnie Issuance in April May 17, 2022 Monica Hogan In April, the top three GNMA issuers were PennyMac Financial, Freedom Mortgage and Rocket Mortgage...Read More
MBA Chief: Recent LLPA Changes ‘Doing More Harm Than Good’ May 16, 2022 Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier Broeksmit said MBA “strongly favors a robust private market"...Read More
Commercial MBS Issuance Falls Back to Earth in 1Q22 May 16, 2022 John Bancroft The non-agency CMBS sector took the biggest hit...Read More
Mega REITs Continue to Shed Agency MBS May 16, 2022 Paul Muolo AGNC owned $47.2 billion of MBS, down 9.6% from yearend and off a bloodcurdling 25.4% from the same period a year ago.Read More
Angel Oak’s Non-QM REIT Takes a Loss in 1Q but Remains Optimistic May 13, 2022 Brandon Ivey Angel Oak held $2.7 billion of product on its books at March 31, including non-QM whole loans and investments tied to MBS.Read More
As Deliveries Decline, GSE Seller/Servicers Loosen the Credit Box May 9, 2022 Dennis Hollier All of the top 10 GSE sellers saw their deliveries decline both sequentially and year to date.Read More
The Tea Leaves: April MBS Issuance Continues the Downward Trend May 6, 2022 John Bancroft April MBS issuance volume, which reflects originations, was the lowest monthly output since March 2020, just before the Fed launched a historic surge in refi activity.Read More
Mortgage-Investing REIT MFA Takes $83M Loss in 1Q as Collateral Value Drops May 4, 2022 Brandon Ivey MFA was holding whole loans with an average unpaid principal balance of $8.3 billion at the end of March.Read More
Angel Oak, Annaly Offer a Mix of Loans in Latest MBS May 3, 2022 Brandon Ivey The MBS contain mortgages from a variety of lenders, including newer production and loans originated more than two years ago.Read More