Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN, said passing legislation this year “evidently is not going to happen” and his sense is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will stay in conservatorship “for some time.”

PeerStreet was founded in 2014, reached a cumulative $500.0 million in originations this past September and recently surpassed $1.0 billion in originations.

Home prices increased by 1.7 percent in the first quarter of 2018, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index.

Chase is the top contributor to the MBS with a 45.0 percent share, followed by United Shore Financial Services at 16.5 percent and Caliber Home Mortgage at 5.2 percent.

Applications for purchase mortgages and refinances both declined.

Non-QMs account for 81.1 percent of the dollar volume of the planned MBS while the other loans are for rental properties and exempt from ability-to-repay standards.

If stated income appears to be overstated by 15.0 percent or more, PointPredictive notifies the lender so additional verification can be completed.

The non-qualified mortgage share of originations by banks increased slightly in 2017, according to a survey by the American Bankers Association. The share of banks offering non-QMs also increased.

Production of non-agency jumbo mortgages declined significantly in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets.

Mortgage-backed securities investors remain interested in non-qualified mortgages, though the hot market may be cooling off.