Subprime MBS cases continue to haunt Wall Street…

“Home prices cannot rise faster than incomes and inflation indefinitely.” – David Blitzer, managing director of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones.

The retail channel accounted for 91.7 percent of Wells Fargo’s jumbo production during the first nine months of 2016…

Fitch had a 55.3 percent share of the ABS ratings market through September...

Mortgage lenders that generate a lot of jumbo home loans tend to rely heavily on their retail production platforms, while third-party originators play a bigger role in agency-eligible production. That’s one finding from an Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of exclusive survey data collected by Inside Mortgage Finance. Lenders participating in the survey reported that 80.3 percent of their third-quarter jumbo production came through their retail platforms ... [Includes two data charts]

Another non-agency lender has received a rating from Fitch: Angel Oak Home Loans...

The OCC’s study covers 85 banks that originate first-lien mortgages…

The privately held Cenlar ended the third quarter with a subservicing market share of 25.6 percent, Inside Mortgage Finance found.

The company doesn’t outsource or offshore any of its servicing activities.

Shellpoint owns part of Spring EQ and both firms have common owners.