Although only $4.5 billion of TALF funding was requested during the facility’s pandemic-related course, the Federal Reserve program is credited with stabilizing the ABS market.

Issuers are still stocking non-agency MBS with GSE-eligible mortgages for investment properties. Lenders and issuers are considering their options following a suspension of limitations placed on the GSEs.

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Once confirmed, Rohit Chopra, who is no newbie to the CFPB’s workings, is expected to waste no time getting the bureau’s rulemaking and enforcement machinery ticking.

Keith Lind, executive chairman and president of Acra Lending, an early pioneer in the sector, echoed Pallante’s view, noting there’s a new set of investors for non-QMs.

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The move marks a change of pace for UWM, which has been issuing its own non-agency MBS with GSE-eligible mortgages for investment properties.

The federal regulator will continue to take a close look at mortgage servicers’ actions as a wave of distressed borrowers nears the end of their pandemic-related forbearance programs.

Rohit Chopra was nominated in February to serve as the CFPB’s director. However, a final vote on his appointment has been delayed in the Senate for several months due to concerns about the leadership of the Federal Trade Commission, where Chopra is currently a member.