Roughly $5 billion worth of expanded-credit loans were stranded, looking for a home but investors wouldn’t bite unless the originator/seller was willing to take a major haircut on the sale. And many did.

Higher delinquencies should lead to more Fannie/Freddie loan buybacks, but we're not there yet, thanks, in part, to forbearance...

In the case of the GSEs, multifamily loans are not covered by the extension...

Assuming an average prevailing interest rate of 2.99%, Fannie Mae estimates that 64% of all mortgages are at least 50 basis points "in the money."

But there’s something else to think about here. Let’s say Democrat Joe Biden (DE) wins the White House in November. After being sworn into office, will he act swiftly to dismantle this very controversial loan-level private adjustment?...

Other sectors of the jumbo market saw more measured gains...

New residential applications fell once again. Time to worry? Hardly...

The bulk of the REIT’s involvement in the non-QM market so far has been through LendSure Mortgage, an originator it owns a stake in...

MFA's first non-QM MBS was on track to be issued in March until volatility from the coronavirus scuttled the deal.

The first non-QM MBS from Goldman Sachs includes loans from previously issued deals and some newer mortgages aggregated by the firm.