A number of lenders and issuers have seen better execution for GSE-eligible investment-properties in non-agency MBS instead of delivering the product directly to Fannie and Freddie...

Western Asset Management's new non-QM deal is sized at nearly $1.0 billion...

Non-QM lending – the “new nonprime,” to some degree – totaled roughly $45.2 billion last year, a 20.2% improvement over 2017. 

Bill Ashmore's new venture is based in Irvine, CA, home to many entrepreneurial mortgage shops...

Redwood Trust's net income increased in the first quarter of 2019 but acquisitions of jumbo mortgages fell significantly...

Wells Fargo is looking like a regular issuer of jumbo MBS these days. The bank tested the market in October and January and is currently working on a $553.6 million deal.

Compared to 1Q18, ABS issuance fell 9.6%.