The trade group is urging the CFPB to allow jumbos to receive qualified mortgage status even if the loans have debt-to-income ratios greater than 43%. The pending expiration of the QM patch has also prompted a back-and-forth among think tanks.
FHFA Director Mark Calabria plans to take steps to help non-agency market players better compete with the government-sponsored enterprises. However, lowering conforming loan limits isn’t part of the plan.
Carrington Mortgage Services is prepping its first MBS backed by non-qualified mortgages, which differ from loans in expanded-credit products from other issuers.
Expanded-credit mortgage originations declined for the second consecutive quarter at the end of March. Demand from borrowers was down but lenders remain optimistic about the sector.
An affiliate of Angelo Gordon plans to enter the non-agency MBS market with a deal backed by non-QMs. Western Asset Management priced one of the largest expanded-credit MBS and more deals are in the works.
Originations of non-agency jumbo mortgages declined by 1.5% in the first quarter though the sector gained some market share as total first-lien originations fell by an even greater amount.
Fitch Ratings called out other rating services for allowing credit enhancement levels that it views as inadequate on ABS from marketplace lenders. Other rating services are seen as getting more comfortable with the sector.
State regulators proposed standards for nonbanks in 2015 but there was no follow-through. However, the issue is alive and well thanks to the incoming chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.