Mortgage-Related REITs Scale Back Agency MBS, Lean to Non-Agency March 11, 2022 John Bancroft Most of the decline was in portfolio holdings of mainstream agency MBS...Read More
Impac Posts 4Q21 Profit but CEO Strikes Cautious Tone March 11, 2022 Paul Muolo Impac's CEO said the first quarter of 2022 introduced "increased volatility and heightened market awareness of non-transitory inflation, and credit and liquidity risk brought on by geopolitical events."Read More
Short Takes: A Lower Profit and GOS for Guild / Market Share Gains? / In the Hunt for Production Shops / A Busy MorVest / A New Directorship for Former GSE Exec March 11, 2022 Paul Muolo One MorVest client is looking to buy lenders producing $1 billion to $3 billion per year...Read More
Non-Agency Offsets Stumble in Fannie/Freddie Jumbo Market March 10, 2022 John Bancroft The conforming-jumbo business saw a modest setback in 2021...Read More
Fifth Circuit Remands Collins GSE Case to District Court March 10, 2022 Dennis Hollier The five dissenting judges were even more skeptical, arguing that a remand was unnecessary...Read More
COVID-Era Non-QM Delinquencies? Never Mind... March 10, 2022 Brandon Ivey dv01 looked at loan-level performance data for 1,610 non-QMs with an unpaid principal balance of nearly $800 million...Read More
Advisory Firm Sets Auction of Fannie/Freddie Product March 10, 2022 Paul Muolo The portfolio has estimated average escrow balances of $17.7 million.Read More
An Interesting Twist: Non-Agency MBS Issuers Stocking Deals with Ginnie EBOs March 9, 2022 Brandon Ivey Issuers are packaging primarily delinquent FHA mortgages into non-agency securities...Read More
Applications Rise Nicely but Don’t Get Used to It March 9, 2022 Paul Muolo As one veteran warehouse manager put it: “We’re sucking wind, like everyone else.”Read More
Ginnie Issuance Down as Refi Boom Wanes March 9, 2022 The top three Ginnie issuers in February: PennyMac Financial, Lakeview and Rocket Mortgage...Read More
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