Non-QM MBS issuance is helping MFA get out of a hole after market volatility in the spring forced the REIT to take on a loan with costly terms.

The limits would be higher for mortgages backed by 2-4 unit properties, as well as loans in designated high-cost markets.

Agency MBS accounted for 25% of Chimera's portfolio at the end of 2019 and only 1% as of the end of September.

Fannie’s whole-loan portfolio increased 2.8% during the quarter, while Freddie’s grew 3.8%...

Quicken Loans and loanDepot were the other nonbanks among the top five sources of collateral for these deals...

Velocity resumed origination activity in September, funding $63 million of investment-property loans in October.

Ginnie buyouts of delinquent mortgages are a common practice – but it takes readily available cash, or a line  of credit...

This summer, non-cash-flowing loans as a share of aggregate current balance of non-agency MBS ranged from around 5% of post-2010 prime non-agency MBS to as high as 26% for legacy deals...

Eight of the top 10 Ginnie servicers as of the end of September had smaller portfolios than at the midway point in the year.

Much of the third-quarter rebound came from securitization of mortgages on industrial properties.