The whole-loan sales come even though Acra’s new owner, BlackRock Financial, has deep experience with non-agency securitization.

Acra has a new parent company in the form of BlackRock, but it’s hard to say much as changed at the non-QM originator.

Acra, a top player in the non-qualified mortgage market, has a new CEO, Shawn Stone.

Mortgage hiring moved forward in June but not by much amid uncertainty on the outlook for interest rates.

Onity valued its owned MSR book at 144 basis points at midyear 2025.

“Gravity is being tested,” said Mark Garland, a managing director at SitusAMC.

The mortgage employment breakdowns from the BLS, as a rule, are never controversial.

Readings below the index’s breakeven level of 50 represent negative sentiment and may signal that emerging stagnation may continue.

Rithm is partnering with an unidentified large institutional investor to buy up to $1.5 billion of RTLs.

While delinquencies on loans in Ginnie MBS are much higher than for GSE mortgages, prices for Ginnie MSRs can rival those seen for GSE servicing, for some characteristics.