“Get comfortable with reading the guidelines and understand what you want to be,” said Audrie Gregory, vice president of correspondent lending at Verus Mortgage Capital, a non-agency conduit.
Adjustable-rate mortgages accounted for 38.2% of first-lien holdings at banks and thrifts at the end of March, down from 42.6% at the end of December. (Includes data table.)
At the MBA’s secondary market conference this week, non-agency industry participants discussed how to keep non-QM originations flowing through market volatility.
Among the top-five servicers handling non-agency mortgage-backed securities, JPMorgan Chase was the only servicer to see a drop in volume in the first quarter. (Includes data table.)
Non-agency originations of higher-priced mortgages declined to $32.29 billion in 2025. The loans accounted for just 1.7% of total originations last year. (Includes two data tables.)