Inside Nonconforming Markets

Alt A Market in Panic Mode

The problems roiling the subprime mortgage market are affecting the Alt A sector, forcing major lenders to cease Alt A originations and drastically change their business strategies, by focusing on conforming loans eligible for sale to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... Read More

Alt A Production Slows with Market in Turmoil

Despite the recent panic in the Alt A market, originations in the sector have only shown a modest decrease through the first half of 2007, an indication that the worst is still to come. According to data compiled by... [Includes two charts and two graphs] Read More

Major Alt A Lenders Shift Focus to GSEs

With the Alt A market in disarray and credit sources drying up, many lenders are moving towards more traditional loans they can sell to the government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Meanwhile, Freddie Mac announced this week that it would... Read More

Alt A Securities Take a Hit from Ratings Services

Standard & Poor’s this week downgraded millions of dollars worth of Alt A mortgage-backed securities as investors and the ratings services grow increasingly skeptical of the troubled market.S&P was reviewing 207 classes in response to rising delinquencies... Read More

Slow Start Likely for HECM Securitization Program

As lenders scramble to replace slowed mortgage origination volume in the Alt A and subprime markets, many in the industry are looking to reverse mortgages and next month’s launch of Ginnie Mae’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) securitization program to boost... Read More

Generation Mortgage Increases HECM Business

Generation Mortgage Company is purchasing Amston Mortgage Company, a top 20 reverse mortgage lender, further establishing itself as a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage leader, the company announced last week. Generation Mortgage’s acquisition of Amston vaults the... Read More

August 17, 2007

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Alt A Market in Panic Mode

Alt A Production Slows with Market in Turmoil

Major Alt A Lenders Shift Focus to GSEs

Alt A Securities Take a Hit from Ratings Services

Slow Start Likely for HECM Securitization Program

Generation Mortgage Increases HECM Business

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