The MBA noted that buyouts are capital intensive and can create liquidity stress for nonbanks, which don’t have large balance sheets to hold nonperforming loans for an extended period.

A lack of housing supply should help real estate investors in 2025.

Redfin said home prices have risen for three straight months.

Oaktree decided to focus on non-agency products to provide correspondents with loans they may not already have in their toolbox.

After explosive growth in the second quarter, originations of adjustable-rate mortgages failed to keep pace with overall originations. (Includes data table.)

Correspondent lenders took some market share from both the retail and broker channels in the nonconforming market in the third quarter. (Includes two data tables.)

Oaktree expects market share for correspondents in the non-qualified mortgage market to grow next year.

A&D Mortgage’s new AI chatbot will allow brokers to get real-time answers to questions regarding non-QM guidelines.

Shellpoint handled servicing on 32.3% of the non-agency MBS issued during the third quarter. (Includes data table.)

Lenders in the fix-and-flip market believe the real estate investment market is showing positive signs for next year.