FHFA’s increase of fees on GSE mortgages for second homes could shift some volume into the non-agency market. Demand for second homes is also increasing.

Non-agency mortgages, both jumbos and non-qualified mortgages, look promising to Western Alliance Bank as margins on conventional-conforming loans compress and production falls.

Milo Credit is offering a mortgage that allows borrowers to qualify solely by pledging Bitcoin. The lender’s asset treatment of Bitcoin varies significantly from how the GSEs view borrowers with cryptocurrencies.

Chase issuing large jumbo MBS; more prime non-agency MBS; Velocity Financial originations hit a record in the fourth quarter; Boston Lending issues non-agency MBS with proprietary reverse mortgages; few FHA/VA mortgages make it into the non-agency market.

Is it time for non-QM originators to hike the interest rates they charge borrowers? It might be a good idea, that is, if they want to maintain profitability.

Mortgage-investing REITs are treading water these days, trying to figure out their futures. A good time for stock repurchases, perhaps?

Analysts puzzle over the pace and timing of quantitative tightening, which is expected to widen MBS spreads and raise interest rates.

The share of loans in commercial MBS experiencing high levels of losses is increasing, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Ginnie Mae’s Innovation Lab recently joined the U.S. Federal Housing Blockchain Network, among other tech-related developments.

Nonbank servicers in the top 50 posted a hefty 4.6% gain in owned servicing...