While the Treasury and FHFA said the 7% cap was “aligned with the current levels” of acquisitions by the GSEs, some analysts believe the loans have accounted for somewhat more than 7% of purchases by Fannie and Freddie each year since 2013.

Redwood's income from aggregating and selling jumbos increased during the first quarter, with more volume and high margins.

The longer timeline allows lenders more time to offer QM loans based on a homeowner’s debt-to-income ratio and not solely based on certain pricing thresholds...

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...