For some sellers, the curbs don’t represent much of a bump in the road. For Quicken Loans, the top GSE seller over the 12-month period, investor/second-home loans were roughly 5.5% of its sales to both Fannie and Freddie.

Also, there will be no restrictions on loan size...

Fitch said the deal comes with “an irrevocable and unconditional guaranty,” courtesy of the Development Finance Corp. That means the securities, and any obligations associated with them, enjoy the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

The privately held Guaranteed Rate is one of the top contributors to prime non-agency MBS. However, the firm hasn’t issued its own deal until now...

Banks may have ceded the residential lending game to nonbanks but they certainly love the end product...

Maxex chief Tom Pearce said the latest investments by AGNC and Moore are part of a new equity incentive model.

Toorak's MBS is stocked with bridge loans, BAM''s by GSE-eligible mortgages on investment properties...

After dabbling as a non-agency MBS issuer in 2018 with two deals, loanDepot is now sharply increasing its presence in the sector...

When one (cash) window closes, another opens...

“In 10 states, our purchases already equal or exceed amounts in those geographies in each of 2018 and 2019,” Redwood said of its acquisitions of jumbos in 2021. “Loan purchases in these 10 states represent almost 30% of our year-to-date 2021 volume.”