Mortgages eligible for sale to the GSEs accounted for about 25% of the dollar volume of loans in prime non-agency MBS from Redwood earlier this year while the new deal includes a 10% share of GSE-eligible loans.
First Republic, JPMorgan Chase and CitiMortgage led the IO pack during the second quarter. Interest-only originations tend to be concentrated in the jumbo space...
Investors are flocking to non-QM MBS and losses on the deals have been essentially non-existent. However, some large firms continue to hold out for better protections.
The publicly traded Impac is based in Irvine, CA. Its share price is currently at $7.34, more than double what it was in June. Donatacci will split his time between California and New York.