A mortgage company’s best chance at being heard in policy matters is to target the same four themes the Biden administration is using to drive policy decisions.

Redwood recently issued a jumbo MBS sized at roughly $1.0 billion, while the new offering from the nonbank is somewhat smaller.

Three of the top five nonprime servicers posted declines from the second to the third quarter.

FHFA should use its authority to constrain GSE acquisitions of high-balance mortgages, according to Redwood Trust.

The ECM gain came as overall production fell 2.8% from the second quarter to the third...

Expanded-credit mortgages gained market share as total first-lien originations declined in the third quarter. Still, the sector accounted for only 1.1% of the total origination pie. (Includes data chart.)

GSE loan limits will increase by 18.1% in 2022, with a threshold of nearly $1.0 million in high-cost areas, prompting the FHFA to evaluate the relationship between home price appreciation and loan limits.

The Structured Finance Association has developed a framework due diligence providers can use to help gauge QM compliance. A large chunk of the document focuses on verification of a borrower’s employment.

The amount of nonprime servicing handled by a group of 15 firms was essentially flat between the end of June and the end of September. Three of the top five firms in the sector saw their portfolios shrink. (Includes data chart.)

With interest in non-fungible tokens booming this year, LoanSnap saw an opportunity to mint NFTs linked to mortgages.