Secondary markets

Net production income was down from its peak in the third quarter of last year, but it set a survey record for the period between January and March.

The former senior vice president and credit officer takes over the role that Andrew Bon Salle left at the end of 2020.

DeVito takes over on June 1, replacing interim CEO Mark Grier, who returns to his seat on the government-sponsored agency's board.

The transaction goes a long way toward the company’s goal to amass MSRs with a total unpaid principal balance of up to $150 billion.

The company provides a secondary market outlet for its retail and wholesale lending corporate sibling as well as for small balance commercial loans.

With little transitional disruption, the bigger players on the non-agency side could gain a hefty share of non-owner-occupied mortgage volume as a result of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s caps on such purchases, a KBRA analysis finds.

While the product was hard to find after the start of the pandemic, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent changes to Appendix Q are giving a pair of large wholesalers the chance to offer it as a qualified mortgage.

The company is shifting some of its conforming-focused call center resources not just into the growing non-QM channel but to Veterans Affairs products as well.

The real estate investment trust has been buying residential business-purpose loans from the company since 2017.

Fluctuating rules are redirecting some government-related loans to a disparate private market.