It's no secret that banks like to hold jumbo mortgages in portfolio, but depositories are also major contributors to non-agency securities.

More than $85 million in peer-to-peer mortgages were originated in 2013 via National Family Mortgage. It may double that performance this year.

Industry analysts predict that the New York ruling will limit rep-and-warrant claims on vintage non-agency MBS as well as future claims on recently issued jumbo MBS.

Former CFPB executive Raj Date hopes to be in the non-QM market by mid-year 2014.

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, Flagstar is the nation’s second largest wholesale/broker lender. It also has a fairly large presence in the warehouse market.

The latest risk-sharing transaction from Fannie Mae references a $29.31 billion pool of mortgages.

Some GSE watchers fear that new Federal Housing Finance Agency director Mel Watt might slow GSE risk sharing deals but those concerns may be unwarranted.

Residential lenders reported a gradual increase in interest-only originations as 2013 progressed, despite a decline in total production.

The tapering of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing beginning this month will do little to end the advantages agency MBS have over new jumbo MBS.

Western Bancorp said it will lend to borrowers with credit scores as low as 620 and the loans are available to non-owner-occupied properties and first-time homebuyers.