In the purchase market, the share of loans with credit scores ranging from 620 to 699 rose from 10.75% in the second quarter to 12.00% in the third quarter.

One caveat: Only the most well-heeled companies came to market, leaving originators with weaker prospects to tap their bank lines or enter into new or amended master repurchase agreements...

Veteran loan broker Michael Foote called it, “Good marketing more than anything, but they’ll just stack the loans and then sell them as soon as the new loans can be delivered…

The Fed added $135.87 billion to its agency MBS holdings during the second quarter. That accounted for just over half of the growth in agency MBS outstanding during that period.

On the loanDepot facility, Bank of Montreal is acting through its Chicago branch...

The move marks a change of pace for UWM, which has been issuing its own non-agency MBS with GSE-eligible mortgages for investment properties.

The CEO detailed a variety of plans, from establishing asset management operations to venturing into home-equity products and expanding its footprint in business-purpose lending.

The proprietary reverse mortgages in the MBS were originated by Reverse Mortgage Funding and Nationwide Equities.

One trend seemed clear: Real estate investment trusts that specialize in purchasing agency securities continue to scour the markets for different investments...