Despite a tepid improvement in whole-loan prices being paid for non-QM mortgages, yet another non-QM operator has closed its doors: Cypress Mortgage. It was barely four months old.
Angel Oak Capital Advisors and a portfolio manager with the company settled with the SEC, which alleged improper reporting of delinquencies on a fix-and-flip securitization issued by Angel Oak in 2018.
Ginnie Mae said it supports HUD’s efforts seeking legislation that would provide a permanent source of capital for housing finance agencies fostering affordable multifamily housing.
Performance of student loan ABS declined in the second quarter. And a moratorium on payments for federally backed student loans is set to expire at the end of August.
An appeals court overturned a ruling that ordered UBS to pay more than $2.5 million to a former commercial MBS research analyst. The verdict conflicts with other circuit court decisions and could end up at the Supreme Court.
There’s nowhere to hide for non-agency MBS issuers as quickly rising interest rates prompt losses. Loans the issuers are looking to sell have seen limited demand and lose value when retained even short-term.
Fannie and Freddie issued a combined $17.57 billion in CAS and STACR certificates in the first half of 2022, more than in any full year since CRT was invented. (Includes data chart.)
While credit unions will be treated on par with banks, state housing finance agencies will be fully exempted from capital requirements imposed on those participating in the Ginnie MBS program.