John Anzalone of Invesco Mortgage: “In particular, there are a few very aggressive large buyers out there that get a lot of attention and have caused quite a bit of spread compression…”
Loans originated in the retail channel and delivered into agency mortgage-backed securities continued to show a lower risk profile than mortgages acquired from correspondent originators or funded through mortgage brokers, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of MBS data. The average credit score for retail originations was 727.27 in second-quarter agency MBS, 6.47 points higher than the average for correspondent loans and ... [Includes two data charts]
Privately held mortgage firms looking to raise capital by selling stock to the public face a grim reality these days, but alternatives still exist, namely private placement deals. Case in point is RoundPoint Mortgage, Charlotte, NC, the nation’s 15th largest subservicing vendor. Earlier this week, RoundPoint completed a $94 million capital raise accomplished through the sale of convertible preferred stock. The investor in the private placement was not identified. The company ...
After losing an average of $118 per loan originated in the first quarter of 2018, nonbanks made some adjustments and turned profits in the second quarter, according to a survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Some 343 nonbanks reported a net gain of $580 on each loan they originated in 2Q18. After an exceptionally weak start to the year, production profitability improved in the second quarter as volume picked up from the spring home buying season,” said Marina Walsh ...
As residential lending goes, so goes the fortunes of the Mortgage Bankers Association, the residential finance industry’s largest trade organization. MBA saw its revenues decline by 8.2 percent to $62.0 million in fiscal 2017 as its investment income plunged to $719,773 from $7.9 million the year prior, according to the trade group’s form 990 tax return. MBA’s “profit” (revenue less expenses) declined by 33.5 percent in FY 2017 to $12.7 million, a drop of $6.5 million ...
Increases to interest rates on mortgages are prompting changes in the types of refinances that are being originated. The cash-out share of refi business is increasing and credit quality is declining, according to an analysis by CoreLogic. Frank Nothaft, an executive and chief economist at CoreLogic, projects that the cash-out share of refi business will be near 40.0 percent this year. He said that would be the highest share for cash-out refis since 2005. In 2017, around 25.0 percent of refis ...
Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, said some prospective homebuyers didn’t complete transactions this summer due to a limited supply of homes for sale…
Despite calls by the industry to improve and clarify the process, the FHA has yet to make a move to meet industry demands for a more detailed defect taxonomy…
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