United Wholesale Mortgage ceded the top spot after it stopped originating jumbos in March 2020 due to volatility from the coronavirus.

Citi started issuing expanded-credit MBS in 2020 but hasn't come to market with a jumbo deal since 2014.

Driving the improvement (no pun intended): the auto lending and leasing sector.

The voluntary standards are in response to complaints from non-agency MBS investors regarding disclosure of loan performance amid the pandemic.

PR Mortgage Investment is set to issue a $479.3 million non-agency MBS with conforming jumbos originated by Owning.

On the home-equity lending side of the aisle, the San Francisco-based bank funded $623.6 million worth of seconds, a slight increase from 4Q20...

JPMorgan Chase was the top issuer of prime non-agency MBS with $4.08 billion in first-quarter issuance...

As might be expected, the move rattled lenders who are now trying to figure out the ramifications of a patch-less mortgage world...

Some $3.86 billion of expanded-credit MBS was issued in the first quarter, up 13.2% from 4Q20...