Distressed borrowers with subprime mortgages in states with a judicial foreclosure process achieve non-foreclosure outcomes at a higher rate than similar borrowers in states that don’t have a such a process, according to findings from a new paper.

Banks and thrifts added a significant amount of first liens, with a focus on adjustable-rate mortgages, to their portfolios in the second quarter. Overall, holdings increased by 4.2% between March and June. (Includes data chart.)

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.

Shellpoint handled servicing on nearly 35% of the non-agency MBS issued in the second quarter of 2022. (Includes data chart.)

Impairments, which reflect delinquencies and modifications, increased on securitized non-QMs for a second consecutive month. In July, the performance of severely distressed borrowers also worsened.

Among the top 15 servicers of nonprime mortgages, portfolios increased slightly in the second quarter. Delinquencies, meanwhile, improved. (Includes data chart.)

Among the top 30 jumbo servicers, portfolios increased during the second quarter. Servicing declined at top-ranked Wells and increased at nearly all others in the top 10. (Includes data chart.)

MFA Financial took another loss in the second quarter as its holdings of non-QMs lost value and MBS with the loans was met with weak demand. The nonbank’s business-purpose lending unit also took a loss.

Western Alliance Bank sold first-loss exposure on a pool of mortgages with an unpaid principal balance of $3.88 billion. The mortgages were acquired from various correspondent sellers and include many non-agency jumbos.

Bank and thrift holdings of first-lien mortgages increased in the first quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan trimmed their portfolios. (Includes data chart.)