New Residential Investment Corp. is pulling an about-face, of sorts. After issuing new shares of common earlier in the year, it’s now embarked on a $200 million buyback program.
Mortgage-investing REITs continue to tap the equities market. And it’s occurring at an odd time: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is gyrating like a drunken puppet.
Noting strong demand for non-agency MBS, issuers are getting creative with the types of loans they package into deals. JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Angelo Gordon and Goldman Sachs are all entering new sectors.