New Residential ranked sixth among expanded-credit originators in 2019. The lender has been slower than other major players to restart non-QM lending due to a surge in agency refi business.

Western Alliance plans to offer warehouse lines of credit to lenders that work with Galton then retain some of the lenders’ originations.

Redwood locked $2.1 billion of jumbos during the third quarter though it only acquired $176 million. The REIT is issuing MBS and selling loans to banks.

Prepayment rates on prime non-agency MBS inched above 40% in September compared to roughly 25% at the beginning of the year.

For the first time since 2013, rates on jumbos have moved above those on GSE loans. The reason: the Federal Reserve’s massive purchase of agency MBS.

Some $1.64 billion of expanded-credit MBS and $1.06 billion of prime non-agency MBS hit the market in the past two weeks. The expanded-credit deals were stocked with older loans.

CFPB officially extends QM patch; forbearance rate for non-agency mortgages increases; virtual forum on non-QMs.

With a relatively high share of borrowers missing mortgage payments, investors in non-agency MBS are seeing reduced cash flows and, in some cases, losses. Though mortgage performance is improving, the outlook for investors remains uncertain.

Two large nonbank servicers posted sharp increases in originations in the third quarter and generated healthy profits.