Non-agency MBS issuance picked up prior to the election then paused for about a week. Redwood ended the lull.

Unison home equity sharing agreements now available in Oregon; Rain City issues $200 million RTL securitization; Visio Lending offers discount on short-term rental loans; eRESI raises new funding from insurance companies.

Chase continues to push for ways to leverage its mortgage lending platform to bring in high net worth individuals to the bank.

Annaly Capital Management increased its non-agency correspondent activity during the third quarter.

The seasonal decline in purchase-mortgage originations and interest rate trends will likely prompt jumbo lending to slow in the fourth quarter.

Despite the high rejection rate, Truss Financial believes self-employed borrowers can be less risky than those who are underwritten to W-2s.

The lender completed a capital raise, with plans to originate more residential transition loans and potentially issue MBS.

HomeLend, which aims to increase liquidity in the mortgage market, completed a new investment round.

Click n’ Close expands shared appreciation mortgage product offering; and Kiavi promotes Tim Lawlor to the post of chief financial officer.

JPMorgan Chase remained the top issuer of non-agency MBS in the third quarter, increasing its issuance by 25.8%. (Includes data tables.)