Vista Point Mortgage is aggregating a collection of mostly non-conforming mortgages that it acquired from several originators.

Whatever path Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac take, the Mortgage Bankers Association would like to see them preserve many of the changes they made while in government conservatorship.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to change the definition of what constitutes a qualified mortgage from a 43% debt-to-income limit to a price-based threshold, and further extend a temporary exemption given to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Longstanding CLO manager Western Asset Management just priced its first deal of 2020, and despite the transaction's much more conservative structure, spreads doubled from its deal a year earlier.

Sunnova Energy in Houston plans to issue $158 million in asset-backed securities (ABS), its second term ABS securitization that relies on investors trusting its solar-loan-origination acumen, rather than its loan history.

A survey of 177 fund managers and institutional investors shows investors are still "jumping in", particularly in higher-rated tranches that continue to perform.

The agencies said late Friday that they will provide information on small businesses that received $150,000 or more from the Paycheck Protection Program.

Activity in the Paycheck Protection Program has waned, but some argue that many small businesses, especially those owned by minorities, will miss out if the June 30 application deadline isn't extended.

Compared with the week prior, approximately 57,000 fewer loans from all investor types were forborne.

Potential sales last month rose compared with April as homes became more affordable due to low mortgage rates.

S&P lowered the ratings on 23 tranches of notes in the deals, affirmed eight others, and kept the other 40 notes on watch for potential downgrade. Twenty of the downgraded notes are on notice for potential future downgrades, as well.

The inability of Democrats and Republicans to agree on a chairperson and lack of sufficient personnel have made it harder for the commission to do its job — hold Treasury and the Fed accountable for implementing the coronavirus relief law, observers say.