Depositories held roughly 16.0 percent of outstanding ABS at the end of the third quarter…

Roughly $119.1 billion of mortgages that exceed the conforming loan limit of $424,100 were produced during the third quarter of 2017…

The Angel Oak family of companies could originate more than $1.0 billion of non-QMs this year…

While banks continue to compete for jumbo loans, some have actually tightened underwriting standards…

Starwood president Jeffrey DiModica said the REIT will hold more than $500 million of non-agency mortgages by yearend...

Non-QMs account for the bulk of expanded-credit originations, with a 78.0 percent share…

The lender/servicer is expected to name a successor to Ashmore shortly…

Guild Mortgage, San Diego, has expanded its presence in the Midwest...

Originations of jumbo mortgages increased in the third quarter of 2017 compared with the previous period, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. But through nine months of the year, production was down compared with 2016 and the sector is losing market share as a handful of major lenders are seeing significant declines in their jumbo production. Demand for jumbo mortgages has declined somewhat, according to lenders ... [Includes one data chart]

Starwood Property Trust plans to issue a non-agency mortgage-backed security with non-qualified mortgages in the first quarter of 2018, according to officials at the real estate investment trust. Starwood only recently started acquiring non-QMs, with help from Federal Home Loan Bank advances. Officials said the company acquired $128.0 million of non-agency mortgages in the third quarter, bringing the REIT’s portfolio of such loans to $419.0 million. Jeffrey DiModica, Starwood’s ...