Annaly Capital Management is working to increase its aggregation of non-agency mortgages. The company generated returns in the mid-teens from the activity in the first quarter.
Some issuers of non-agency MBS are stocking deals with mortgages that have seasoned for an average of about one month while others are still offloading mortgages that were originated prior to the runup in interest rates.
While non-agency MBS issuance was essentially level in the first quarter of 2022, there was some movement among servicers in the sector. Servicing activity at Cenlar and UWM dropped, while Shellpoint and smaller servicers increased their market share. (Includes data chart.)
Loan repurchases from Ginnie MBS in the first quarter of 2022 neared pre-pandemic levels as delinquency rates declined. Loan removal trends vary among the top servicers. (Includes two data charts.)
Ginnie hopes to align, to the extent possible, its revised capital requirements for seller/servicers with FHFA’s standards. Industry participants are pushing for uniformity that isn’t too stringent.
S&P has proposed revisions to its criteria for judging the adequacy of risk-based capital when assessing insurers. The revision would prompt higher capital requirements for certain MBS and ABS held by insurers.
New reports from S&P and Fitch look at how home price appreciation, affordability and housing overvaluation trends, especially in certain geographic markets, might impact residential MBS.
Prime non-agency MBS issuance declined by nearly 20% on a sequential basis in the first quarter of 2022. However, loanDepot nearly doubled its activity in the market during that span. (Includes three data charts.)
Rising interest rates are leading to diminished demand for non-QM whole loans saddled with lower rates. Longer term, industry participants remain optimistic.