Citadel Servicing Corp. has talked about issuing its first non-prime MBS, possibly late this year, and this week cleared a hurdle when it received lender and servicer ratings from Morningstar. According to sources close to the company, the anticipated MBS – backed by newly originated loans that do not meet the qualified-mortgage test – could be as large as $250 million. Nomura is assisting Citadel with the deal, a source noted, adding that the bond may not actually hit the market until ...
It’s been a busy year in whole loan trading for MIAC Capital Markets. The advisory firm has sold $1.2 billion of product year to date, almost double what it did all of last year. And the way things stand today, 2018 could be even better. According to Steve Harris, managing director for MIAC, the reason for the pickup in activity is simple: growth in non-agency lending, coupled with stronger demand from depositories for loans that can help them meet Community Reinvestment Act requirements ...
Default rates could increase for certain types of MBS and ABS as some borrowers experience higher debt-to-income ratios, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The rating service pointed to new results from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances conducted every three years. The survey showed a modest increase between 2013 and 2016 in the median ratio of debt payments to family incomes among debtors in the 20.0 percent to 39.9 percent income percentile ...
The Structured Finance Industry Group agrees with many of the proposals made by the Treasury Department in its recent report on regulatory reform for financial markets but seeks more clarity about risk retention requirements. Published earlier this month, the Treasury report said that the requirement that sponsors retain a residual interest in securitizations adds unnecessary cost to securitization as a funding source. In turn, it inhibits the prudent expansion of credit through securitized products ...
JPMorgan Chase, like most mortgage industry participants, endorses the solution that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has planned to resolve what’s known as the “black hole” in the bureau’s integrated disclosure rule. However, some big changes still need to be made if private capital is going to fully return to the mortgage market; namely, more cures for errors and greater clarity when it comes to legal liability. “Chase strongly supports the CFPB’s proposal to eliminate ...
Ginnie Mae issuers securitized $85.4 billion of purchase loans in the third quarter, falling just short of the record $85.4 billion set in the third quarter of last year.
Formed in 2014, LH originated $598 million in 2016, ranking 442nd overall, according to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance.
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