The impairment rate on non-QM MBS declined to 19.3% in July from 20.4% in June. While loan performance is improving, MBS investors could suffer reduced cash flows and losses as modifications end.
The majority of loans in Goldman's MBS were included in deals issued in 2017 and 2018 that were subsequently collapsed. Angel Oak, Chase and MFA also issued MBS within the past two weeks.
MFA was one day away from pricing its first non-QM MBS in March when volatility from the coronavirus struck. Result: deal scuttled but there's a happy ending: the REIT finally issued its first non-QM MBS this week.
Thousands of non-qualified mortgages could receive safe-harbor status three years after origination under a new “seasoning” provision proposed by the CFPB.
The ARM and IO share of loans in expanded-credit MBS increased in the second quarter. The volume of loans produced through the correspondent channel and for investor properties declined. (Includes three data charts.)
Non-agency forbearance increases; prices for luxury homes fluctuate; PCMA sees strong interest in new non-QMs; Angel Oak and Citadel offer loans underwritten with 12 months of bank statements; former Redwood Trust president moves on to rent-to-own provider.
After a pause for about four months, Citadel Servicing and Verus Mortgage Capital have re-entered the non-qualified mortgage market. But Citadel is no longer offering non-QMs based on one-month bank statements.
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