Securitization from Unlock and Saluda Grade with home-equity agreements; NewRez offers 40-year mortgages with interest-only option; Fitch to acquire dv01; DBRS adds Clarifii to its list of due diligence providers.
Less-capitalized non-QM lenders struggled amid weak demand for the loans in the secondary market. Some firms are looking to take advantage of that weakness.
Non-QM lenders are regaining their footing as volatility in the secondary market recedes. And many potential non-QM borrowers are comfortable paying relatively high interest rates, helping to boost originations.
Impairments, which reflect delinquencies and modifications, increased on securitized non-QMs for a second consecutive month. In July, the performance of severely distressed borrowers also worsened.
The non-agency market hasn’t lived up to the hype, according to Mat Ishbia of United Wholesale Mortgage, which saw a drop in non-agency lending. The overall sector, meanwhile, saw higher production and gained market share in the second quarter.
Angel Oak Mortgage suffered widening losses in the second quarter amid weak demand in the secondary market for non-QMs. Still, officials at the REIT suggest that things are looking up.
Altisource Asset Management is acquiring bridge loans and plans to add non-agency debt service coverage ratio mortgages to its mix as it transitions from asset management to an originator of non-agency loans.
For the first time since May, a non-agency MBS with GSE-eligible mortgages for investment properties hit the market. And Change Lending switched products with its latest offering, focusing on mortgages with income verification. Overall, issuance remains slow.
Angel Oak settles with SEC on misreporting of delinquencies on fix-and-flip securitization; Sachem increases profits and originations in second quarter; LendSure launches five- to eight-unit DSCR product; rating services add firms to lists of acceptable due diligence providers.
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