AAG was the largest home equity conversion mortgage lender in the first-half of 2021, with $2.59 billion of production.

Some $32.26 billion of securities backed by non-agency mortgages were issued in the third quarter.

We all remember what happened in 2007 when home prices collapsed and all that equity vanished...

The concerns, voiced by Granovskaya and other participants at the event, are tied to an expected decline in the supply of loans for non-agency MBS.

Some lending shops are still looking to hire loan officers.

One person opposed to the idea is Scott Olson, executive director of the Community Home Lenders Association, a trade group that was among the first to ask Ginnie to withdraw the RFI...

On a sequential basis, agency issuance fell 13.8%...

Firms that made big bets by purchasing bulk product in the secondary market earlier in the year are already sitting on gains.

As issuance has dropped, the companies’ outstanding debt balances have also declined.

The debt market isn't open for every nonbank, at least at a decent price...