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Athas Capital Group originated the mortgages, which have an average balance of $408,350, and an average weighted average (WA) original term of 362 months.

CDFI-originated loans are not required to comply with the Ability to Repay (ATR) rules, but the mortgages included were generally made to creditworthy borrowers.

Raising rates and running down the balance sheet “will bring down inflation over time," she said.

The 2022 origination outlook was dropped by $172 billion and for 2023, economists at the government-sponsored enterprise made a $226 billion reduction.

Despite a slowing in the private-label securitization market in January, lenders and investors are expecting a strong year for outside-the-box originations and their secondary market sales.

The portfolio is one of several particularly large, recent deals related to the cash-flows from mortgage payments, but it has an unusual composition.

About 58.1% of the loans are in California, while two California cities -- Los Angeles and San Diego -- make up the pool’s largest MSA concentrations.

Current president Joe Nackashi will become CEO in place of Anthony Jabbour who will be taking the role of executive chairman.

"The quality of our new business is high. The pricing of that business does not reflect the capital requirements of our regulatory rule," CEO Hugh Frater said.

Monday’s rebound in yields also kicked in a resumption of curve flattening with the gap between 2- and 10-year yield falling almost 4 basis points to about 40.5 basis points.