Impairments on non-qualified mortgages rose on a monthly basis in May, driven by higher new impairments and weaker cure and made payment rates, according to dv01.

June’s growth follows a period of stagnation as bridge lending volume flattened out at the end of 2025 and into early 2026.

More than 70% of buyers of luxury-priced homes pay in cash, while 6.5% of luxury buyers use traditional financing, according to a recent report from Coldwell Banker Global Luxury.

JPMorgan Chase offers unique non-agency MBS; book value declines at Redwood Trust; Silver Hill Capital launches medical professional loan program.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency last week assigned ratings on a $191.5 million deal of residential transition loans from Fidelis Investors.

The Structured Finance Association asked NAIC to work with existing supervisory authorities responsible for oversight of rating services to avoid creating duplicative oversight obligations.

The near-term credit impact of the new housing legislation on existing SFR securitizations is expected to be benign. Build-to-rent properties are expected to be the predominant collateral in new securitizations.

Investors are scrutinizing risks to MBS posed by climate issues. Analysts believe the anxiety doesn’t align with historical data.

The firm started offering credit cards in 2024 and is poised to top more than one million cardholders this year. The monthly payment rate on Robinhood’s gold card is well above MPRs for cards from many other firms, thanks to the 3% cash back offered on all transactions.

Historic data appear to show that FICO 10T credit scores are slightly more accurate than VantageScore 4.0 at predicting defaults.