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.
The regulator is seeking input on how to help borrowers benefit when interest rates decline. Options include revising documentation requirements for streamlined refis and policy changes to spur product innovation.
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.
Spreads had steadily widened in the expanded-credit sector between February and July. But as spreads declined in August, demand for expanded-credit MBS appears to have improved.
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