Stakeholders believe an alignment will ensure the most competitive mortgage terms are accessible to the broadest segment of QM-eligible borrowers while continuing to promote safe and sound lending practices.
Two securitizations brought to the market in May were stocked with recently originated non-qualified mortgages as issuers continue to plow their way through the remainder of the pandemic.
Not since the go-go days of the mid 2000s has a national subprime REIT pulled off an IPO. If Angel Oak’s offering goes well, might the floodgates open? Wall Street can only hope.
As much as $20 billion of GSE-eligible mortgages could go into non-agency MBS annually due to new restrictions on GSE acquisitions of mortgages for investment properties and second homes.
It marks the first residential MBS rated by Kroll that aligns with a social bond framework. Fitch Ratings also rated the deal, though the firm appeared to be somewhat less impressed.
Months of improvements in the performance of non-agency MBS stalled earlier this year, though delinquencies resumed a downward trend at the end of March.
Non-agency outlets are seeing a surge in the supply of non-owner-occupied loans due to caps recently placed on GSE business. Non-agency MBS issuance is expected to increase, though pricing for jumbos is also declining.
In April, issuers offered $4.95 billion of prime non-agency MBS across nine deals. Meanwhile, only two expanded-credit MBS hit the market, totaling $735.58 million.
After complaints from MBS investors regarding the reporting of performance of loans in non-agency deals, the Structured Finance Association released voluntary standards that could address the issue.
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