Strong returns post-2008 have led investors to increasingly consider non-qualified mortgage loans for their portfolios.

Investor demand for non-QMs is outpacing originator production, according to industry experts who spoke last week at the California MBA western secondary market conference.

Michael Fratantoni, chief economist and senior vice president of research and industry technology at the Mortgage Bankers Association, forecast a growth in new construction loans in the coming year.

HEI business leaders discussed their unique approaches to home equity contracts during a recent webinar hosted by the Information Management Network.

The company plans to boost staffing and roll out new initiatives to continue to grow its business-purpose lending operations.

Liquid Logics and Tower1 will provide liquidity options in the growing DSCR lending space.

loanDepot introduces first-lien HELOC; MFA promotes co-chief investment officer; Calque expands buy-before-you-sell product suite.

AOMR recently issued $50 million of senior unsecured notes to help replenish its stock of non-QM loans for securitization.

The real estate mortgage trust is ramping up its acquisitions of residential transition loans in hopes of building a steady pipeline of rated RTL MBS deals in the coming quarters.

The first non-QM MBS issued by Ellington Financial in more than 14 months helped boost earnings in the second quarter.