Strong application volume for non-QMs at PCMA; increased funding for investment-property mortgages; CFPB exempts smaller depository institutions from escrow requirements for higher-priced mortgages.

Some analysts expect prime non-agency MBS issuance to increase by 60% in 2021. Expanded-credit deals are also likely to rebound.

The REIT set a company record for locked jumbo business in the third quarter and then went on to break it in the fourth quarter. Redwood is focusing on prime jumbos as its expanded-credit lending has stalled.

The fintech upstart aims to issue a jumbo MBS during the first quarter of 2021 using blockchain technology. Mike Cagney’s shop also has applied for a bank charter.

Non-agency lenders will no longer have to look to stringent underwriting requirements set by the CFPB, which will likely shift some non-QM lending in-to the QM sector.

The servicing standards proposed by the CSBS for nonbanks need to be significantly overhauled or dropped altogether, according to industry com-mentors.

Goldman is set to issue a prime non-agency MBS backed by new production while affiliates of Caliber and Verus brought deals collateralized by seasoned loans.

Citadel rebrands as Acra Lending; minimal non-agency MBS downgrades following review by Fitch; non-QM impairments decline; non-agency forbearance down slightly.

The mortgage market was expected to be ready to take on the 43% DTI ratio limit for qualified mortgages by 2021. However, it didn’t work out that way.

After sharply limiting its aggregation due to volatility from the coronavirus, Redwood has re-entered the jumbo MBS market. Meanwhile, issuers of expanded-credit deals continue to stock their MBS with older loans.