After issuing $1.0 billion of expanded-credit MBS during the third quarter, Annaly is working to acquire more non-QMs. The REIT reported strong returns from the MBS.
MFA Financial took losses on non-QM sales earlier this year and obtained costly financing amid margin calls. Now the REIT is generating profits and paying off debt thanks to two MBS issuances in recent months.
Chimera is generating attractive returns by packaging jumbos, GSE-eligible investment-property mortgages and seasoned loans into non-agency MBS. The REIT continues to avoid non-QMs.
The volume of business the GSEs conduct in various noncore categories increased in 3Q but the noncore share of Fannie/Freddie business declined as lenders focused on refinances. (Includes data chart.)
The share of non-QMs that are delinquent or in a loan modification declined again in September. The impairment rate in the sector remains high, though loan holders are optimistic.
The issuance of prime non-agency MBS doubled from the second to the third quarter. United Wholesale Mortgage contributed close to 25% of the securitized loans during the period. (Includes two data charts.)
Redwood locked $2.1 billion of jumbos during the third quarter though it only acquired $176 million. The REIT is issuing MBS and selling loans to banks.
Some $1.64 billion of expanded-credit MBS and $1.06 billion of prime non-agency MBS hit the market in the past two weeks. The expanded-credit deals were stocked with older loans.
Maxex has aggregated more than $10 billion worth of product between its founding in 2016 and September of this year. More than $3 billion flowed through the firm’s exchange in the third quarter alone.
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