Market watchers believe the activity was driven, in part, by exceptional home price appreciation and more interest in the sector among lenders.

The top contributor to the MBS is ACC Mortgage with a 24.3% share...

The conventional-conforming market, which is dominated by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, accounted for 70.9% of first-lien originations through the first nine months of 2021.

The latest, a $406.1 million security with collateral from Guaranteed Rate, hit the market Tuesday.

Acra's goal for 2022? To originate anywhere from $500 million to $750 million worth of these short-term loans.

Barclays was an active issuer of non-agency MBS in the lead-up to 2008, but the firm hasn't issued a deal with newer loans since then.

Brandon Filson, AOM’s chief financial officer, said the company has the potential to generate returns of roughly 12% to 15% from whole loans...

One non-QM executive said he’s beginning to see whole-loan prices soften “a little.”

When asked if he supported the new qualified mortgage rule, Chopra said, “I don’t know"...

Among the major contributors to expanded-credit MBS, Sprout and HomeXpress Mortgage had the biggest jumps in securitized loans...