One of the biggest knocks on PHH Mortgage is that it has little in the way of traditional retail, relying instead on private label partners like Merrill Lynch.

KBRA said its loss model is highly sensitive to the increased probability of default associated with mortgages that have high combined LTV ratios.

In recent years, Redwood has focused on jumbo mortgages but the REIT is now placing a greater emphasis on conforming loans.

Wells Fargo remained the most dominant lender in the sector with $42.28 billion of jumbo originations in 2014, down 2.5 percent from the year before.

Nearly $1.0 billion in non-agency MBS was included in the rating action by Fitch.

In case you’re wondering, Ocwen services roughly $208 billion of non-agency product.

CashCall recently started offering loans that do not meet qualified mortgage standards. The lender’s “NQM” program targets borrowers who cannot qualify for agency financing. The minimum credit score is 680 and CashCall is flexible in determining ability to repay, including the use of cash flow from investment accounts. Home Loan Servicing Solutions announced this week that no non-agency mortgage-backed security investors have ... [Includes two briefs]

Fueled by demand from banks, jumbo mortgages accounted for 19.0 percent of total mortgage originations in 2014, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, the highest it has been since 2002. But last year’s jumbo production volume, estimated at $235.0 billion, was down 13.6 percent from 2013. However, total originations declined by 34.4 percent in that time. An estimated $67.0 billion in jumbos were originated in the fourth quarter of 2014 ... [Includes one data chart]

Securitization was still the dominant method to fund new home mortgage production in 2014, but Wall Street got a run for its money from portfolio lenders. A new Inside MBS & ABS analysis reveals that 70.5 percent of residential mortgages originated last year were funneled into mortgage securities. That was down from 78.5 percent in 2013 and represented the lowest mortgage securitization rate since 2006. Delivering eligible loans into new Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae securities is...[Includes one data chart]

AAMC said that while at BofA, Ellison was “the executive leading the team that managed the valuation and disposition of Bank of America’s legacy mortgage loan portfolio.”