In the fourth quarter of 2013, Redwood Trust launched its program to acquire mortgages to be sold to the government-sponsored enterprises. The real estate investment trust’s GSE conduit activity is now poised to overtake the jumbo activity that Redwood has been known for in recent years. Redwood acquired $1.09 billion in residential mortgages in the first quarter of 2014, with jumbos accounting for 72.6 percent of the activity. Officials said the real estate investment trust’s goal is to ...