The REIT set a company record for locked jumbo business in the third quarter and then went on to break it in the fourth quarter. Redwood is focusing on prime jumbos as its expanded-credit lending has stalled.
The fintech upstart aims to issue a jumbo MBS during the first quarter of 2021 using blockchain technology. Mike Cagney’s shop also has applied for a bank charter.
Non-agency lenders will no longer have to look to stringent underwriting requirements set by the CFPB, which will likely shift some non-QM lending in-to the QM sector.