Secondary markets

The impairment rate for securitized non-qualified mortgages improved a little in August after increasing slightly the two previous months.

The wholesale channel tool will speed up mortgage processing time by as much as 40%, the lender claims.

While the agency affirmed the bank's current high ratings, it also cited instances of noncompliance, which led to the downgrade.

Experts review scenarios that could cause Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell to reverse course on a decision this week that left some lenders breathing a sigh of relief.

BofA Securities Inc. predicts that single-family rental securitizations — which repackage a single loan tied to multiple properties — will fall to just $2 billion for the rest of 2022 as Federal Reserve rate hikes send shivers across the industry.

Historically tight underwriting reinforced by regulation and third-party reviews could be buffers, so long as manufacturing standards for production and servicing hold up as residential mortgage companies downsize, according to KBRA.

A larger share of cash-out loans and slowing home-price growth is leading to expectations of more serious delinquencies down the road, according to Milliman.

Even though a Compass Point report states the pair have validated the credit scoring model and could implement it in the first quarter of 2023, interested parties would not verify it.

A mix of new distress and declining cures drove the uptick, according to dv01.

Updated counterparty requirements recently coordinated with the Federal Housing Finance Agency affect a constituency that has kept growing, albeit at a slightly slower pace, according to new mortgage-backed securities research.