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Articles by Brandon Ivey

Velocity Financial Maintains Profitability Throughout 2020

March 26, 2021
Brandon Ivey
The investment-property lender boosted income in 4Q20 with a whole-loan sale. The firm is also planning to issue an MBS backed by recently funded loans in 2Q21.
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ARMs Account for a Scant 6.9% of Originations in 2020

March 26, 2021
Brandon Ivey
ARM production increased on an annual basis in 2020 but its share of first-lien originations fell to a level not seen since 2009. (Includes data chart.)
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A Mix of Loans in Non-Agency MBS

March 26, 2021
Brandon Ivey
Six prime non-agency MBS with newer loans have hit the market along with two expanded-credit deals with older mortgages.
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Fix-and-Flip Funding Down in 2020, Lenders Still Optimistic

March 26, 2021
Brandon Ivey
The share of fix-and-flip home sales completed with financing declined on an annual basis for the first time in a decade.
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Business-Purpose Lenders Seek SAFE Act Exemption

March 26, 2021
Brandon Ivey
Lenders originating business-purpose loans want explicit exemption from state licensing requirements.
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News Briefs

March 26, 2021
Brandon Ivey
Provident drops jumbos from warehouse securitization; The Change Company hires former Angelo Gordon MD; FoAM wins bid for Benji.
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Short Takes: A Rate Reprieve / Mortgage Stocks? / Regulators No Longer Worried? / Chock Full of Warehouse Credit / JPM’s New MBS

March 26, 2021
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

Have you noticed of late that regulators haven’t voiced their concerns about the financial health of nonbanks? Perhaps they’ve seen the stellar 2020 results...


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Annaly Inks Deal to Sell CMBS Unit

March 26, 2021
Brandon Ivey

The commercial unit accounted for only 2.3% of Annaly's assets as of the end of 2020.


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Chase Issues its Largest Ever CRT Involving Auto ABS

March 25, 2021
Brandon Ivey
JPMorgan Chase Bank’s third risk-sharing deal involving auto ABS is based on a reference pool of loans with an unpaid principal balance of $3.98 billion. The loans will remain on the bank’s books.
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Agency MBS Returns Strong in the First Quarter. Outlook?

March 25, 2021
Brandon Ivey
Overnight repo rates are exceptionally low and even dipped below zero, helping to reduce funding costs for investments in agency MBS.
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