The CFPB determined the ATR rule has reduced lending to some extent to borrowers with high debt-to-income ratios…

The ECM sector was one of the few that recorded MBS production gains during the fourth quarter…

New Residential also will buy non-QMs from lenders other than New Penn...

Cascade services $1.3 billion of product…

The non-QM market is booming, said Angel Oak executive Tom Hutchens…

Morningstar expects the market share will increase for ARMs, interest-only loans and mortgages with higher loan-to-value ratios…

JPMorgan Chase and Redwood Trust are the dominant issuers of non-agency MBS…

Roughly 45 percent of respondents said they definitely will enter the the Non-QM market this year.

Angel Oak Companies set company records for originations of non-qualified mortgages in 2018 and officials expect more growth this year. “Non-QM is booming, we’re going to set an all-time record in December and we’ve set records each quarter in 2018,” said Tom Hutchens, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions. “We’re continuing to see more people participate in the market, which is a great thing.” Through the first three quarters of 2018, Angel Oak ...

The total dollar volume of non-agency mortgage-backed securities backed by new originations nearly doubled in 2018, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Some $29.08 billion of non-agency MBS backed by new loans was issued in 2018, a 94.3 percent increase from 2017. Issuance of both prime non-agency MBS and expanded-credit deals hit post-crisis highs last year. Some $17.69 billion of prime non-agency ... [Includes one data chart]