While the retail channel remained the predominant source for jumbo lending, originations through the channel fell 9.0% from the second to the third quarter. Correspondents and brokers gained share. (Includes data table.)
If you’re looking for positives in the residential REIT sector, take a peek at how their debt is trading these days — most north of 90 cents on the dollar. Credit belongs to lower interest rates.
Both assets and liabilities at Ginnie Mae jumped when the agency took over HECMs from the failed Reverse Mortgage Funding. Still, Ginnie extended a streak of increasing cash on hand.
A significant portion of the net revenue lenders earn on small-balance loans can be attributed to the premiums investors pay for specified pools, according to an analysis by Fannie Mae.
Equipment ABS and other types of corporate securitizations should hold up well, even in the face of an economic slowdown, according to projections by Moody’s Investors Service.