Blue River Mortgage III, Angelo Gordon’s conduit, started acquiring Fannie/Freddie-eligible loans for investment properties last year.

Collateral from a variety of lenders will be included in the deal, led by Paramount Residential Mortgage with a 7.5% share.

A significant factor was the entry of Western Alliance Bank into mortgage banking after its acquisition of nonbank AmeriHome Mortgage...

Moody’s Investors Service posted a hefty 47.7% increase in non-agency MBS ratings to $20.87 billion, tops in the market for the third quarter.

As of September, 2021 already represented the highest annual buyback total — which includes indemnifications as well as repurchases — since 2014.

The average combined LTV ratio on the new jumbo MBS from Chase is 86.6%.

Although the central bank this week announced new plans to scale back growth in its holdings, it added $175.27 billion in 3Q21...

Three interest rate hikes from the Fed next year? Could be...

Federal regulators started their review of risk-retention standards for residential MBS in December 2019. The review ended with no action this week.

Originations of conventional-conforming and government-insured mortgages declined by 4.5% during 3Q21...