Originations of reverse mortgages are dominated by FHA loans. However, there’s a loan limit on FHA loans, allowing Reverse Mortgage Funding and other lenders to develop a market for proprietary products.

There’s no consensus among industry participants on how the CFPB should address the “patch” for qualified mortgages. However, lenders generally agree that Appendix Q of the ATR rule needs a major overhaul.

The debate around the qualified mortgage “patch” has shifted to whether the non-agency market can handle the volume that currently is delivered to the GSEs.

Non-QM MBS from affiliates of Angelo Gordon and Caliber Home Loans are in the works along with a deal backed by investment-property mortgages from JPMorgan Chase.

The Treasury report on housing-finance reform included a number of suggestions on how federal regulators could promote a level playing field between the GSEs and non-agency players.

Activity in the non-agency MBS market is resuming after a slowdown in the second half of August. Presale reports for five deals have been published this month, led by prime non-agency MBS.

Citi joined JPMorgan Chase as the second big bank to issue MBS backed by non-QMs. The deal was stocked with mortgages from Impac.

LendingHome in July issued its second fix-and-flip MBS of 2019. The deal was met with stronger demand than the security issued in March.