New Non-Agency MBS Issuer Offers Deal with Loans Originated by Owning April 19, 2021 Brandon Ivey PR Mortgage Investment is set to issue a $479.3 million non-agency MBS with conforming jumbos originated by Owning.Read More
Rich Man, Poor Man (A Study of Refis) April 16, 2021 Dennis Hollier Historically, rich and poor borrowers have had roughly the same likelihood of refinancing: a probability of 1.14%. Read More
Caliber's Sale Price of 1.0x Book Raises Some Eyebrows April 16, 2021 Paul Muolo If Caliber's MSR portfolio of $152.7 billion is valued at 100 basis points, that translates into a value of $1.52 billion, at least... Read More
An Origination Decline for Jumbo Specialist FRB April 16, 2021 Paul Muolo On the home-equity lending side of the aisle, the San Francisco-based bank funded $623.6 million worth of seconds, a slight increase from 4Q20...Read More
A Nice Comeback for Non-Agency MBS Issuance in 1Q21 April 16, 2021 John Bancroft JPMorgan Chase was the top issuer of prime non-agency MBS with $4.08 billion in first-quarter issuance... Read More
Short Takes: Nice Earnings for a Megabank / BofA and Home-Equity Lending / Some History / The Caliber Termination Fee / New Residential’s 1Q21 Results April 15, 2021 Paul Muolo The termination fee on the NRIC-Caliber deal: $25 million. Read More
Uneven Growth in Agency MSR Market for 1Q21 April 15, 2021 John Bancroft Nonbanks continued to amass agency servicing market share in early 2021 as many depository institutions allowed their portfolios to shrink.Read More
Ending the GSE 'Patch': Now What? April 15, 2021 Dennis Hollier As might be expected, the move rattled lenders who are now trying to figure out the ramifications of a patch-less mortgage world...Read More
How to Pay for Caliber? Sell More Stock, Of Course… April 15, 2021 Paul Muolo What some may have forgotten: Last fall, NRIC submitted a confidential S-1 on its mortgage banking affiliate NewRez but the IPO never came off...Read More
When It Comes to MSRs, the Catchword is Deleverage April 15, 2021 Missing from these calculations are two recent attempts by Caliber Home Loans to sell product — large offerings that were later yanked as the nonbank negotiated its sale to New Residential Investment Corp. Read More