Bayview's $823.2 million issuance will be the second largest non-agency MBS issued this year with GSE-eligible investment-property loans.

Originators of non-qualified mortgages are pondering sale offers from yield-hungry investors. Who’s in the driver’s seat? Right now, the originators are.

Loans in the new MBS have seasoned for an average of 5.5 months...

Steve Abreu, who founded Newfi and serves as its CEO, will stay on with the mortgage firm after the sale closes.

Prime non-agency MBS issuance jumped 51.9% from the second quarter to $26.58 billion in the third. Some $14.91 billion came from deals backed by traditional jumbo loans that exceed agency loan limits...

The REIT continues to make venture capital investments in ancillary businesses, including Canopy Financial Technology Partners...

MFA will retain at least 5% of the non-agency MBS to meet risk-retention requirements.

Another M&A deal for publicly traded REIT New Residential...

Some $32.26 billion of securities backed by non-agency mortgages were issued in the third quarter.

The concerns, voiced by Granovskaya and other participants at the event, are tied to an expected decline in the supply of loans for non-agency MBS.