Angel Oak competitor Citadel Servicing Corp., Irvine, CA, is planning to come to market with its first deal, a rated security that could top $160 million…
Originations of interest-only mortgages increased in 2016 compared with the previous year, based on volume from 12 lenders tracked by Inside Nonconforming Markets. The group originated $40.52 billion in IOs during the year, a 36.5 percent increase from the previous year. All but one of the lenders increased their IO production compared with 2015, with many posting gains higher than 50.0 percent. IOs can’t receive qualified-mortgage status ... [Includes one data chart]
Although agency mortgage lenders are having a challenging start this year, nonprime lenders are seeing volumes increase more than anticipated and are shaping up plans to bring new MBS to market. Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions, Atlanta, and its retail affiliate Angel Oak Home Loans ended the first quarter with just over $220.9 million of mostly non-agency mortgage production. An official at the company described the first quarter as “shaping up well.” The official told...
Issuance of prime non-agency mortgage-backed securities increased by 65.3 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the previous quarter, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Some $2.60 billion in prime non-agency MBS were issued in the first quarter. Volume was boosted by relatively strong demand from investors, the emergence of a new participant and the return of a firm that has largely ... [Includes one data chart]
Lenders originating so-called conforming-jumbo mortgages that are eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises continue to see better execution by delivering those loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac instead of packaging them in non-agency mortgage-backed securities. However, conforming jumbos accounted for 36.3 percent of the $1.03 billion non-agency MBS JPMorgan Chase issued in February. And other banks could follow in placing such ...
Annaly Capital Management is buying more non-agency whole loans, including non-qualified mortgages. The large real estate investment trust is using infrastructure it acquired from Hatteras Financial last year to complete the whole-loan expansion. Annaly’s residential credit group invests in non-agency mortgage assets, including whole loans and mortgage-backed securities. The group had $2.50 billion in assets as of the end of 2016, with whole loans accounting for ...
A proposal in Congress to define all mortgages held in portfolio as qualified mortgages has some bipartisan support, but lenders are divided on the matter. “I caution the use of portfolios to add loans that are not standard,” said David Motley, president of Colonial Companies and chairman-elect of the Mortgage Bankers Association. “The rules of the qualified mortgage, I believe, should be the same for everybody.” He made the remarks this week at a hearing by the ...
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