Seer Capital Management is set to issue its first mortgage-backed security with non-qualified loans. The New York-based company launched its non-QM program in 2013 and it owns HomeXpress Mortgage, a wholesale lender founded in 2016.
Redwood Trust’s mortgage banking income in the fourth quarter was essentially level compared to the previous quarter even with lower origination volume and strong competition in the non-agency market.
Activity in the non-agency mortgage market is likely to get a boost from any reforms of the government-sponsored enterprises undertaken by the Trump administration.
An affiliate of Annaly Capital Management this week issued a non-agency mortgage-backed security stocked with investment-property mortgages eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises.
Lone Star Funds, an affiliate of Caliber Home Loans, is set to issue a nonprime mortgage-backed security with some of the least seasoned loans seen in a post-crisis deal.
Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are set to issue separate prime non-agency mortgage-backed securities that are significantly larger than their previous deals.
The average combined loan-to-value ratio on mortgages in jumbo mortgage-backed securities spiked towards the end of 2018, according to a new analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. [Includes two data charts]
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