Short Takes: Two Harbors Shifts Servicing / Moody’s Revises Residential MBS Criteria / Home-Sale Cancellations Elevated / Toll Brothers Seeing More Traffic August 21, 2025 Brandon Ivey The new relationship will increase Two Harbors’ third-party subservicing business to $31 billion in unpaid principal balance.Read More
Closed-End Seconds From Carrington Flow Into Securitization From Sage August 20, 2025 Brandon Ivey Carrington hasn’t been identified in rating reports as a contributor to any securitizations of closed-end second liens issued this year.Read More
Short Takes: Upgrades for GSE CRT / Housing Starts Increase / Housing Market Slows in CA / Figure Stays Busy With HELOC Securitization August 20, 2025 Brandon Ivey “The entire portfolio has experienced overwhelmingly positive rating pressure,” Fitch said of GSE CRT issuance.Read More
Home Equity Loan Securitization Slows in Second Quarter August 19, 2025 Brandon Ivey Issuance declined by 17.8% compared with the first quarter.Read More
Short Takes: New Details on The Great American Mortgage Corp. / Mortgage Applications for New Homes Up / Annaly’s Expanded-Credit MBS Issuance Humming August 19, 2025 Brandon Ivey The Trump administration is describing The Great American Mortgage Corp. as "the all new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: bigger and better than ever."Read More
Chase to Issue its Largest DSCR Non-Agency MBS to Date August 15, 2025 Brandon Ivey Chase has issued a handful of DSCR securitizations since 2022, with a $371.3 million deal in the works.Read More
Short Takes: Delinquencies Expected to Rise / Affordability Could Improve / Wells’ Servicer Rating Affirmed Amid Downsizing / Kiavi Boosts RTL Securitization August 15, 2025 Brandon Ivey The MBA anticipates upward pressure on mortgage delinquencies.Read More
Non-QM Lenders Pull Back on ITIN, Foreign National Lending August 14, 2025 James Dohnert Increased deportation risks and uncertainty about the future of some immigration programs have led non-QM lenders to reduce lending to non-resident borrowers.Read More
Newrez Tops SPS in Non-Agency MBS Servicing Additions in 2Q August 14, 2025 Abby Zimmardi Newrez once again overtook Select Portfolio Servicing during the second quarter of 2025 in terms of new servicing tied to non-agency MBS.Read More
Short Takes: FHFA Planning to Adjust LLPAs / Foreclosures Increase / Some Urgency on Interest Rates / Morgan Stanley Tapping Hometown Equity Mortgage for Non-QMs August 14, 2025 Brandon Ivey FHFA is working on changes to the GSEs' loan-level price adjustments, according to FHFA Director Bill Pulte.Read More