With several new jumbo MBS deals in the works – from Redwood Trust, JPMorgan Chase and EverBank Financial – it would seem likely that a robust market might develop for the subordinate tranches of these transactions. But so far it’s been a case of plenty of interest in the instrument, but little in the way of available product.

The number of active issuers of jumbo non-agency MBS effectively doubled this week as presale reports were released on pending deals from JPMorgan Chase and EverBank Financial, bringing more depth and diversification to a market that has slowly regained its footing over the past year.Chase is offering a $616.26 million non-agency jumbo MBS and provided 48.1 percent of the loans to be included in the security. The deal is set to receive AAA ratings from DBRS, Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency with a 7.40 percent credit enhancement on the top-rated tranche.

Citadel Loan Servicing Corp. of Irvine, CA, which has raised $200 million from investors to originate nonprime, non-agency residential loans, may try to sell a non-agency MBS in the public market over the next year, according to CEO Dan Perl.When news first broke earlier this month that Citadel had completed its capital raise, the firm said it would likely issue an MBS – but privately. But in a recent interview with Inside MBS & ABS, Perl said “it could wind up being a public deal” though he declined to give much color on the situation.

Nomura recently made a $78.0 million make-whole payment on one of its non-agency MBS deals that was enough to completely pay off the class A notes and reverse substantial realized losses on the class M1 and M2 securities, according to Barclays Capital. Such loan-level repurchases have been uncommon since topping out at about $6.0 billion in payments in 2007.

JPMorgan Chase and EverBank Financial are separately working on non-agency jumbo mortgage-backed security deals, according to presale reports released this week. Issuance by the two banks will double the number of post-crisis non-agency jumbo MBS issuers, and they are doing things a little differently than standard-setter Redwood Trust. After the pending deals close, $3.59 billion in non-agency jumbo MBS will have been issued in 2013, according to the Inside Mortgage Finance MBS Database, more than the ...

Redwood Trust continues to pump out strong non-agency jumbo mortgage-backed securities with originations from a number of lenders. The real estate investment trust’s latest MBS features lower credit enhancement levels and low loan-to-value ratios. The $576.4 million Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-4 issued this week received AAA ratings from Fitch Ratings, Kroll Bond Rating Agency and Moody’s Investors Service, with credit enhancement of 6.25 percent on the top-rated tranche. The first non-agency jumbo MBS Redwood ...

Officials at EverBank Financial said demand for non-agency jumbo mortgages is strong from borrowers and investors. The bank has increased its jumbo originations and is in the process of issuing its first non-agency mortgage-backed security. “We see strong demand for the high-quality preferred jumbo product we originate,” Rob Clements, chairman and CEO of EverBank, said this month during an investor presentation. The bank originated $397.5 million in non-agency jumbos during the fourth quarter of 2012 ...

Members of Congress remain divided on the ability of the non-agency market to sufficiently take over some or all of the housing finance functions currently supported by the government-sponsored enterprises. While Republicans are in favor of a significant expansion of the non-agency market, Democrats are calling for some sort of government guaranty for the mortgage market. “Simply put, much of the private market has not been able to re-enter the market and compete with the federal government,” said ...

Chimera Investment made progress toward resolving its non-agency mortgage-backed security-related accounting problems last week by filing its annual report – for 2011. The real estate investment trust had plans to issue non-agency MBS but those efforts have stalled as Chimera deals with its accounting issues. The annual report for 2011 included a restatement of Chimera’s financial condition as of the end of 2010 as well as restatements for consolidated statements of cash flows for 2009 and 2010 ...

A federal judge this week tentatively dismissed most of the claims the National Credit Union Administration filed against Goldman Sachs regarding non-agency mortgage-backed securities. U.S. District Judge George Wu determined that the NCUA’s complaint was untimely unless the federal regulator could prove otherwise, according to an analysis by the Credit Union National Association. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a preliminary list of counties exempt – in certain circumstances ... [Includes two briefs]