Back in July 2017, Fannie revised its automated underwriting system to accept loans with DTI ratios over 45 percent without lenders having to show other compensating factors…
The non-agency MBS market is starting to look more like it did before the financial collapse of 2008, although still a much slimmer version of its former self. [Includes three data charts.]
With relatively strong demand from investors for prime non-agency MBS, issuers are starting to break the mold that was established after the financial crisis. Areas of experimentation include due diligence sampling, an emphasis on loans eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises and specifically tailored transactions.
Stone Point Capital, which seems to have an insatiable appetite for mortgage-related assets, has added due diligence provider American Mortgage Consultants to its growing stable of companies.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac cleared another hurdle in their efforts to expand the investor base for their mainstay credit-risk transfer programs when a leading Wall Street group said it saw no problems with a plan to structure future CRT issues as real estate mortgage investment conduits.
Losses on subprime auto ABS spiked in 2016, prompting warnings from industry analysts about lenders loosening underwriting standards in an effort to gain market share. Subprime auto lenders and ABS issuers appear to have made some adjustments as losses stabilized last year, though some concerns about performance linger.
The inspector general of the Federal Housing Finance Agency voiced concerns about the agency’s supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, while lawmakers questioned why new products like the Integrated Mortgage Insurance (IMAGIN) credit risk-transfer program were implemented without going through the proper channels.
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