Call-report data analyzed by Inside Mortgage Finance show that banks, thrifts and credit unions housed $371.4 billion of HELOCs on their balance sheets, down 3.1% from the second quarter.
Under the new language, a loan meets the general QM definition if its annual percentage rate exceeds the average prime offer rate (APOR) for a comparable transaction by less than 2.25 percentage points.
The FHA/VA market was more subdued, with total conforming-jumbo loans pooled in Ginnie MBS rising 16.7%. The VA program accounted for 83.0% of government-insured jumbo volume, with quarterly securitization up 17.7%.