The amount of jumbo mortgages handled by a large group of servicers increased in the first quarter, according to a new ranking by Inside Nonconforming Markets. The 30 servicers handled an estimated total of $1.05 trillion in jumbos as of the end of March, up 1.4 percent from the end of 2017 and a 13.5 percent increase from March 2017. Growth in jumbo servicing significantly outpaced trends in total mortgage debt outstanding. Some $10.65 trillion ... [Includes one data chart]
A pending change to accounting standards could change the way banks price jumbo mortgages, according to industry analysts. Beginning in 2020, many banks will have to change their accounting methods to include a “current expected credit loss model.” The adoption timeline was recently set by federal banking regulators. The CECL model forces banks to make projections for lifetime losses on loans they hold and potentially increase reserves relating to the projected losses ...
The Trump administration is likely to play a more active role in reducing the footprint of the government-sponsored enterprises in 2019, according to administration officials and industry analysts. Mel Watt’s term as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is set to end in January, allowing Trump to appoint a new director. The new director will likely take actions that are aligned with the Treasury Department’s goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to industry analysts ...
Prepayment rates on non-qualified mortgages are higher than the rates seen on legacy non-agency mortgages and performance for new production is better, according to industry analysts. “Nonprime non-QM loans have exhibited high voluntary prepayment speeds, resulting from credit curing and high initial mortgage interest rates,” analysts at Deutsche Bank Securities said. The voluntary prepayment rate on non-QM mortgage-backed securities ... [Includes one data chart]
Demand for jumbo mortgages was expected to decline due to various provisions included in tax reform legislation but applications for jumbos didn’t dip in early 2018, according to CoreLogic. The analytics firm tracked loan applications in high-cost areas, concentrated in California and the northeast. Applications for purchase mortgages in the first quarter of 2018 were compared with trends seen in the prior four years. “We didn’t observe any meaningful change in purchase loan application ...
Reverse mortgage lenders started out strong in the first three month of 2018 with a 19.2 percent increase in Home Equity Conversion Mortgage production from the previous period. HECM endorsements totaled $5.4 billion in the first quarter, with purchase reverse loans accounting for the bulk of originations, 81.9 percent. First quarter production was up 18.5 percent from the same period last year. Meanwhile, HECM mortgage-backed securities issuance totaled $2.97 billion for the quarter, down from $3.25 billion in the prior quarter, Ginnie Mae data showed. The top five HECM originators in sequential order – American Advisors Group, Reverse Mortgage Funding, One Reverse Mortgage, Liberty Home Equity Solutions, and Synergy One Lending – accounted for $1.66 billion, or 30.8 percent, of total production during the first quarter. American Advisors maintained its top ranking with $841.4 million of HECM loans, which ... [Charts]
Issuance of mortgage securities backed by USDA loans dropped during the first three months of 2018. Approximately $4.03 billion of rural housing loans with a USDA guarantee were delivered in Ginnie Mae MBS during the first quarter, down 18.3 percent from the previous quarter. Agency data also showed an 11.7 percent decline in USDA securitization volume from the same period a year ago. Rural housing loans accounted for 1.5 percent of all loans securitized in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae pools and 2.8 percent of loans with private or government-backed mortgage insurance. Purchase loans comprised the bulk of USDA loans that were delivered into Ginnie MBS pools. PennyMac knocked Freedom Mortgage out of first place with a total of $753.3 million in securitized USDA loans despite a 10.4 percent decline in production. Freedom Mortgage accounted for $523.3 million of USDA loans pooled in ... [Charts]
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