The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s review of the secondary mortgage market focused solely on the GSEs. Bottom line: Regulators endorsed con-servative capital requirements recently unveiled by the FHFA.
More than $40 billion of jumbos originated in 2019 were non-QMs because they had DTI ratios greater than 43%. Many of the loans would be QMs if they were originated under the CFPB’s proposed QM standards. (Includes data chart.)
State regulators propose capital requirements for nonbank servicers; non-agency forbearance increases; Verus launches jumbo program; Angel Oak al-lows 90% LTV ratios on bank statement loans; PCMA expands into Florida; Home Diversification Corp. looking to launch second lien.
Retail-originated loans single-handedly boosted the jumbo market in the second quarter. Halfway through the year, retail loan production accounted for 86% of jumbo volume among a large group of lenders. (Includes data chart.)
Wells Fargo is set to issue its first expanded-credit MBS. Loans in the deal have seasoned for an average of 15 months and other issuers are prepping MBS with somewhat seasoned mortgages.
The majority of loans in Goldman's MBS were included in deals issued in 2017 and 2018 that were subsequently collapsed. Angel Oak, Chase and MFA also issued MBS within the past two weeks.
A new analysis of HMDA data provides some insight on borrowers who received jumbo mortgages last year. The median property value securing jumbos originated: A cool $1.17 million.