Expanded-credit mortgage originations declined for the second consecutive quarter at the end of March. Demand from borrowers was down but lenders remain optimistic about the sector.
An affiliate of Angelo Gordon plans to enter the non-agency MBS market with a deal backed by non-QMs. Western Asset Management priced one of the largest expanded-credit MBS and more deals are in the works.
A new REIT managed by PIMCO initially will focus on agency loans but has designs on the non-agency market as well. A $1.0 billion IPO for the REIT could be completed next week.
360 mortgage plans to originate $1 billion of mortgages that don’t require verification of a borrower’s income or assets. The pilot program is limited to non-owner-occupied investment properties, which aren’t subject to ATR requirements.
Issuance of expanded-credit mortgage-backed securities hit $5.97 billion in the first quarter of 2019, a record for the sector. It also topped prime non-agency MBS volume for the third consecutive quarter.
JPMorgan Chase is set to issue its first MBS stocked solely by non-qualified mortgages on primary residences. Many of the loans in the $440.54 million deal went to self-employed borrowers.
In a positive sign for the non-agency MBS market, JPMorgan Chase is set to issue a $440.54 million MBS stocked with non-qualified mortgages for primary residences. It will be the the first big bank to do so.
LendingHome recently issued a $219 million asset-backed security with fix-and-flip loans originated by the firm; Reliant Bancorp, Brentwood, TN, launched a correspondent purchase program for non-qualified mortgages in March; Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions expanded its office space in Dallas and Atlanta.
Industry participants are increasingly calling for the qualified mortgage “patch” to be addressed as part of broader efforts to overhaul the nation’s housing-finance sector.
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