Foreclosure starts increased in February; SEC to revamp cybersecurity reporting for public companies; Tradepost acquires GSF Mortgage as part of an expansion of Go Companies; Milo raises $17 million; MISMO to develop standards for eVaults.
Spreads on MBS involving non-qualified mortgages have widened due to rising interest rates and excess supply. However, demand is on the rise again as new buyers are entering the space.
The performance of MBS and ABS isn’t expected to be directly impacted by the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the near term; prepayment rates on agency MBS declined in February.
As the “easy” refis decline, lenders are turning to non-QMs, renovation loans, equity-extraction products and other less common offerings. There are also other moves lenders can make at the beginning of a down cycle, according to industry analysts.