With GSE loan limits in high-cost areas nearing $1 million in 2022, Redwood Trust called on the FHFA to use its powers to place limits on the GSEs’ acquisitions of high-balance mortgages.

QM revisions not on CFPB’s agenda; regulators leave risk-retention standards as is; forbearance on non-agency loans increase; non-agency MBS issuance update; Deephaven allowing remote appraisals for non-QMs.

Expanded-credit mortgages gained market share as total first-lien originations declined in the third quarter. Still, the sector accounted for only 1.1% of the total origination pie. (Includes data chart.)

GSE loan limits will increase by 18.1% in 2022, with a threshold of nearly $1.0 million in high-cost areas, prompting the FHFA to evaluate the relationship between home price appreciation and loan limits.

The Structured Finance Association has developed a framework due diligence providers can use to help gauge QM compliance. A large chunk of the document focuses on verification of a borrower’s employment.

With interest in non-fungible tokens booming this year, LoanSnap saw an opportunity to mint NFTs linked to mortgages.

Angel Oak is the latest expanded-credit lender to offer mortgages based on an individual tax identification number to individuals not eligible to obtain a Social Security number.

UWM is offering its first non-QM product in years; the impairment rate on securitized non-QMs declined somewhat in October.

MFA Financial posted a sharp increase in income, driven by its focus on buying non-agency mortgages and its acquisition of Lima One, a business-purpose lender.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust more than doubled its net income in the third quarter as it shifted its focus to non-agency mortgages. AGMIT is sourcing many of its mortgage acquisitions from an affiliated lender.