Non-QM impairment rate increases in September; Angel Oak launches ETF with focus on non-agency MBS investments; new correspondent lender focusing on non-QMs; Go Mortgage offers non-QM construction loan.
Issuance of prime non-agency MBS declined by nearly 80% from the second to the third quarter. Expanded-credit MBS issuance also wavered, though at a much slower pace.
Debt service coverage ratio loans for investment properties are starting to look more risky as the Fed works to address inflation. Still, activity in the sector is increasing.
Sterling Bank and Trust paid $6 million to settle charges from the OCC regarding a now-shuttered non-QM program. Investigations by the DOJ and SEC are ongoing.
Moon Mortgage plans to offer loans with underwriting based on crypto holdings. Both purchase mortgages and investment-property loans are planned, with borrowers needing to post 100% of collateral.
Angel Oak Companies is grappling with weak demand for non-QMs. One of the firm’s lending units laid off about 20% of its staff last week and Angel Oak’s REIT unexpectedly replaced its CEO this week.
The mortgage exchange will now facilitate originations and sales of various types of non-QMs, with “some of the industry’s most generous guidelines” for the products.
After aggregating mortgages from some of the largest players in the non-agency market, Pacific Western Bank is looking to sell risk on the loans that have a total unpaid principal balance of $2.68 billion.
Non-QM impairments decline after two-month increase; Balbec unit offers non-QM MBS with loans from Sprout; new CIO at Redwood; Velocity quickly packages business-purpose loans.