Securitization deals backed by mortgage servicing rights are on the rise as nonbank servicers tap the relatively new funding option.

Buyouts from Ginnie Mae MBS have replaced vintage subprime mortgages as a major source of nonperforming loans, according to industry participants.

The average daily trading volume in agency MBS totaled $229.9 billion in February, an 8.5% sequential decline from the previous month, according to figures compiled by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Real estate investment trusts increased their holdings of agency MBS during the fourth quarter of 2018, capping a solid year of growth, according to an Inside MBS & ABS analysis. [Includes one data chart.]

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Lenders originating fix-and-flip loans and mortgages for single-family investment properties are seeing strong demand from investors in the secondary market.

After years of being prohibited by regulators from acquiring servicing rights, Ocwen Financial is back in business as a buyer in full force. [Includes one data chart]

Issuance of mortgage-backed securities with non-qualified loans continues at a brisk pace, with a new deal from New Residential Investment in the pipeline.

An affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management is set to issue its first mortgage-backed security with non-qualified loans. The $268.16 million issuance includes loans from two prominent lenders who haven’t been large players in the non-QM MBS market recently.

Moody’s Investors Service has flagged risks related to non-agency players using the automated underwriting tools developed by the government-sponsored enterprises to produce loans underlying private-label mortgage-backed securities.