According to market observers, People's United is committed to agency and government-related warehouse finance and was happy to find a home for ResX and its six or so employees.

Many support raising the DTI threshold and incorporating compensating factors, but others recommend full elimination of the current standards.

Fun fact: More VA loans were funded in the 4Q19 than FHA-backed mortgages, a rarity.

The $776.6 million deal follows a $430.3 million prime non-agency MBS from Chase last week.

Something to think about: What if Trump doesn’t get reelected? Will the Dow react differently under a President Warren or Sanders than it would a Biden or Bloomberg? Whatever happens, it won’t be boring…

Then again, not all banks are pulling back from agency servicing…

For the full year of 2019, total mortgage complaints from end users were down 9.1%...

The $699.2 million expanded-credit security tops a $681.0 million deal Invictus issued in October.

Radian bought Clayton in 2014, paying a hefty $305 million for the business, a price that many observers thought was a bit rich.

The portfolio is top heavy in Texas product at 50.1%.