Rocket’s $968.4 million jumbo MBS is one of the largest from a nonbank post 2010. And after years of contributing non-QMs to MBS issued by others, AmWest is going to issue its own deal.
CoreVest issued a securitization involving bridge loans for residential properties; a prime non-agency MBS issued by JPMorgan Chase in 2018 is on watch for a downgrade.
For investors willing to shift from the agency MBS market into non-agency deals, the flow of GSE-eligible mortgages in non-agency MBS looks like a good proposition. Lenders, meanwhile, are taking a hit on pricing.
Chase issued another prime non-agency MBS with a balance topping $1.0 billion. The firm also issued an investment-property deal while Lone Star offered an expanded-credit MBS.
A new expanded-credit MBS from Angelo Gordon includes loans that won’t be subject to third-party reviews until after closing. Due diligence firms are swamped due to a boom in non-agency MBS issuance.
The lender curtailed its jumbo lending in the early days of the pandemic. Now, jumbos account for a growing share of United Wholesale’s production and the firm is issuing non-agency MBS.
The REIT sources the bulk of its acquisitions of non-QMs from lending units affiliated with Angel Oak Companies, leaving more time for asset management and securitization activities.
In the past two weeks, $2.74 billion of non-agency MBS were gobbled up by investors. GSE-eligible mortgages for non-owner-occupied properties accounted for half of the dollar volume in the deals.
After a narrow loss in the first quarter, Impac boosted its non-QM originations, but the nonbank’s loss widened in the second quarter. Still, officials at the company are optimistic about the sector.
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