Pooja Pathak, a director at Metlife, an insurance company, said more non-QM assets are needed to meet demand from insurance companies, which are willing to pay a premium for the product.
Annaly is a prolific issuer in the sector, but the only other time the real estate investment trust’s expanded-credit deals topped $500 million in volume was during the refinance boom during the pandemic.
“Synchronizing bi-merge credit reporting with the implementation of the new credit score model requirements will reduce complexity for market participants,” said FHFA Director Sandra Thompson.
“We are committed both to preventing conflicts of interest in our work and to preserving the independence of our staff,” said David Uejio, acting associate director of the CFPB’s supervision
division.