A new analysis of HMDA data provides some insight on borrowers who received jumbo mortgages last year. The median property value securing jumbos originated: A cool $1.17 million.

Only four deals were issued during the second quarter as industry participants dealt with volatility from the coronavirus. (Includes two data charts.)

A proposal by the FHFA regarding capital requirements could help non-agency execution options better compete with the GSEs due to an expected increase to the guarantee fees charged by Fannie and Freddie.

An estimated $65 billion of ARMs (remember them?) were originated in the second quarter, up 10.2% from 1Q20. (Includes data chart.)

MFA was one day away from pricing its first non-QM MBS in March when volatility from the coronavirus struck. Result: deal scuttled but there's a happy ending: the REIT finally issued its first non-QM MBS this week.

Non-agency loans in forbearance decline; Moody's downgrades JPM's jumbo-mortgage aggregation unit; Pacific Private Money issues MBS backed by  bridge loans.

It may seem hard to believe, but the high level of impairments hasn't prompted material losses on MBS, at least not yet...

Mr. Cooper plans to increase its staff by more than 50% this year, with many of the hires focused on mortgage originations.

The $100 million securitization consists of bridge loans for both owner-occupied and business-purpose properties.