Ocwen settles lawsuit with Florida AG; non-agency forbearance increases; non-QM MBS pipeline filling up; Angel Oak offers 40-year IO; new non-QM lender in the market.
Some 19.2% of non-QMs in MBS were modified or delinquent as of the end of August, down 70 basis points from July. Loan performance improved even as enhanced unemployment benefits expired.
If the CFPB doesn’t address the issue, sales of modified loans could stall due to compliance concerns, according to Kasasa, a third-party service provider.
The impairment rate on non-QM MBS declined to 19.3% in July from 20.4% in June. While loan performance is improving, MBS investors could suffer reduced cash flows and losses as modifications end.
Servicing balance for jumbo mortgages fell in 2Q20 among a group of 30 servicers tracked by this newsletter, including the top three in the industry. (Includes data chart.)
A lack of standardized reporting is causing problems for non-agency MBS investors. In one non-QM MBS, research firm dv01 found 233 loans that had been modified while the trustee reported only 41 mods.
After increasing in March, April and May, the delinquency rate on securitized non-QMs declined in June. Now servicers are grappling with forbearance plans that are expiring.
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