The real estate mortgage trust is ramping up its acquisitions of residential transition loans in hopes of building a steady pipeline of rated RTL MBS deals in the coming quarters.

The first non-QM MBS issued by Ellington Financial in more than 14 months helped boost earnings in the second quarter.

The real estate investment trust increased its profits in the second quarter with help from new non-agency securitizations.

The sale of agency-eligible loans into non-agency MBS helped AG Mortgage stay in the black heading into the third quarter.

While profits at the business-purpose lender declined in the second quarter, executives at the nonbank are optimistic about growth.

Angel Oak promotes a slate of employees; JPMorgan Chase working on a security backed solely by adjustable-rate mortgages.

Sticky inflation and an expectation for future rate cuts caused the REIT to decrease its non-agency loan holdings in the second quarter.

Non-QM, home equity originations and business-purpose loans from Newrez and Genesis Capital helped Rithm in the second quarter.

Select Portfolio Servicing added more servicing volume from non-agency MBS than Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing in the second quarter. (Includes data table.)

Morningstar DBRS upgraded the outlook for its mortgage originator ranking of non-QM lender Acra Lending after a review that found the company has remained profitable for the last three years.