Mortgages in the pending deal have seasoned for an average of more than four years. The collateral has no delinquencies...

“They’re buying loans, not originating,” said Gordon Albrecht, EVP of FCI Lender Services, the nation's largest hard-money subservicer.

The biggest wildcard for the sector: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s handling of the QM patch...

This is FAR’s fourth HECM reverse mortgage deal and the first backed by active HECMs.

November was a so-so month for MBS trading. But lending is strong.

The non-agency MBS sector faltered during the third quarter. According to the Federal Reserve, the outstanding supply of non-agency MBS fell another 2.1% from June to $452.17 billion.

S&P has steered clear of the S&D market but still ranked third overall with a 24.4% share of year-to-date non-agency MBS ratings.

The review will consider the interplay between the non-agency market and the GSEs and the impact of the exemption for qualified residential mortgages...

Wells Fargo posted a 6.5% increase in repurchases from the second quarter, though its year-to-date volume was down from 2018.

GSE purchase-mortgage business cooled off, falling 4.9% from the previous month, but refi volume jumped 13.3% to $70.5 billion in November.