PennyMac Corp. wanted to test the market for non-agency jumbo mortgage-backed securities but it wasn’t generating enough collateral through its conduit program and turned to a bulk purchase to get a critical mass. The $550.46 million PMT Loan Trust 2013-J1 is set to receive AAA ratings with credit enhancement of 7.75 percent for the top-rated tranche. Some 70.7 percent of the mortgages to be included in the deal were acquired in bulk from Bank of America, which aggregated the loans from ...

Shellpoint Partners is preparing to issue a $308.64 million non-agency jumbo mortgage-backed security and officials at the firm are hoping that interest rates stay calm at least until the issuance is completed. Interest rates spiked after Shellpoint offered its first jumbo MBS in June, a $261.58 million deal, prompting the company to voluntarily provide credit enhancement of 20.0 percent on the security – double what was required by the rating services – in an effort to attract investors. The latest deal features ...

A number of companies are preparing to enter the non-agency jumbo mortgage-backed security market, bolstered by expected decreases to agency loan limits and eventual resolution of the conservatorships of the government-sponsored enterprises. David Akre, a managing director at Five Oaks Investment, said licensing for the real estate investment trust’s jumbo operations is nearly complete and the establishment of warehouse funding is 90 percent complete. David Carroll, CEO of Five Oaks, said increased competition ...

Freddie Mac had been lending Fed Funds (overnight loans) to Lehman Brothers since 2005. Then, in 2008, the nature of those loans changed to longer term borrowings.

Lenders such as Bank of America and Quicken are hooked on refis. What might the future hold for these funders as purchase loans begin to dominate?

Wall Street loved the unexpected news from the Fed, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury dropping to its lowest yield in weeks.

Almost 19 percent of the loans in the new Penny Mac jumbo MBS were originated by mortgage brokers.

Wall Street will hit the halls of Congress on the issue of eminent domain. Meanwhile, these lenders are refi-heavy: Wells Fargo, Chase, and Quicken. See our exclusive list.

The decline in refinance mortgage lending that began in early 2013 continued into the third quarter, with refi originations moving to their lowest level in two years. According to a new Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis, refinance mortgage production fell 12.9 percent from the first quarter of 2013 to the second, with an estimated $332.0 billion in new originations for the period. Refinance production has continued to decline since the end of June. Securitization of refinance loans by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae declined...[Includes three data charts]

It’s no secret that it’s now a seller’s market for mortgage servicing rights, even for legacy portfolios that are suffering from high delinquency rates. But that isn’t stopping outside cash from plowing into the receivables game. “There continues to be a lot of money out there seeking to invest in the MSR market,” said Mark Garland, president of MountainView Servicing Group, Denver. Over the past two years, upwards of $1 billion has been raised...