The average daily trading volume in agency MBS totaled $219.4 billion in September, a modest increase from the month prior, which marked a low point for the year, according to figures compiled by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
The creation of securitization structures to finance mortgage servicing rights was the most significant development for nonbank mortgage lenders in the aftermath of the financial crisis, according to Vandy Fartaj, CEO at PennyMac Financial Services.
Fitch Ratings is now giving a more detailed assessment of MBS due diligence firms. This week, the company introduced a tiered rating system to replace the previous designations used for classifying third-party reviewers conducting due diligence on new non-agency MBS.
HSBC has agreed to pay $765 million in civil penalties under a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve allegations it misled investors on the quality of its residential MBS and the accuracy of its due diligence procedures.
The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization is launching an effort to standardize the loan-grading systems used by due diligence firms in the non-agency MBS market.
JPM and Wells do not use loan brokers, avoiding the wholesale channel. Both have large warehouse lending programs and acquire mortgages from the nonbanks they also finance.
“I think everyone is on board,” said Colgate Selden, a former CFPB attorney and now managing director and head of regulation and compliance at Promontory MortgagePath.
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