Some high-profile non-QM lenders are ramping up production in 2020 but one major question looms: How much will wind up in MBS?

Single-family rental securitization issuance in 2019 fell by 35%. Invitation Homes, the largest issuer of such deals in 2018, avoided the market entirely, focusing instead on more attractive types of financing.

Issuance of marketplace lending ABS is expected to increase slightly, led by optimism in the economy and improved underwriting criteria, according to rating services.

Velocity Financial, an active securitizer of nonprime mortgages, is ready for its maiden voyage in IPO land. One thing is for certain: Very few such firms are public.

The loans covered by the GSEs’ loan performance data have much lower default rates than those in their full book of business, according to the AEI.

The year is young but already MBS and ABS deals are being prepped. Meanwhile, the mortgage market is waiting to see the FHFA’s capital proposal for Fannie and Freddie.

Trade groups are wary that any capital rule issued after May could be over-turned if Democrats win the White House and control of Congress in the next election.

The Mortgage Bankers Association recommended changes to Ginnie Mae’s proposed Digital Collateral Guidance to clarify requirements for accepting digital promissory notes and other documents.

The Structured Finance Association has launched a task force to help the industry incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance practices into the issuance of MBS and ABS.

In a new supervisory insights report, the FDIC raised concerns about the continuing weakening credit structure of leveraged loans.