Performance of ABS backed by credit-card receivables remained strong in the third quarter of 2018 despite rising consumer-debt levels, according to an update from Moody’s Investors Service.
The strong demand for non-agency mortgage-backed securities this year looks to be tied to a number of factors, according to industry analysts. ICE Data Services, a firm that tracks non-agency MBS prices, noted that the sector has been helped by large settlements involving legacy non-agency MBS. And investors are more comfortable with the legal liability associated with non-qualified mortgages, prompting significant securitization of the loans. Issuers are also experimenting with ...
An affiliate of American Mortgage Investment Partners Management plans to issue a non-agency mortgage-backed security with a high share of cash-out refinances on investment properties. Some 70.2 percent of the mortgages in the $199.5 million RCO 2018-VFS1 Trust are cash-out refis while 16.0 percent were to purchase an investment property. All of the loans were originated by Visio Financial Services, a lender that started producing mortgages in September 2015 ...
Two mortgage-backed securities with non-qualified mortgages originated by Impac Mortgage Holdings are in the works, according to presale reports released last week. An affiliate of Starwood Capital Group plans to issue a $280.0 million MBS with loans solely originated by Impac, while Deephaven Mortgage plans to issue a $374.3 million deal with production from 77 lenders, led by Impac with a 14.7 percent share. Among nine mortgage-backed securities ... [Includes two briefs]
A coalition of industry groups strongly urged Senate leadership to bring up Michael Bright’s nomination for president of Ginnie Mae for a vote in the full Senate.
Former MBA Chief Dave Stevens on the higher conforming loan limits: “For an industry led mostly by conservatives, this dependence on a socialized financial system is really ironic.”
Stakeholders don’t anticipate the FHFA, with a new director nominated by President Trump, to move immediately to reduce the current benchmark loan limit...
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