AAG maintained its #1 HMBS issuer ranking to lead all issuers in 2020 with $2.823 billion of issuance and 26.5% market share. This is the second consecutive year AAG has taken the crown. FAR jumped two notches into second place for the year with $1.869 billion issued and 17.55% market share. Longbridge dropped to third, just behind FAR, with $1.865 billion issued and 17.52% market share, and RMF was fourth with $1.822 billion issued and 17.1% market share. PHH Mortgage stayed in fifth for the year, with $1.352 billion and a 12.7% market share. These five issuers continue to account for 91+% of all HMBS issuance. There were 13 active HMBS issuers in 2020.
2020Q4 saw $3.04 billion of HMBS issued, slightly off third quarter’s $3.16 billion but up significantly from second quarter’s $2.35 billion and first quarter’s $2.09 billion. With HMBS capital markets recovered from the Coronavirus pandemic, HECM origination volume up, and a last-minute surge of LIBOR-based HMBS issuance before conversion to CMT, 2020 HMBS volume crossed $10.6 billion, second only to 2010’s $10.8 billion. While the industry got a 12th hour, 2-month reprieve, time will soon tell how Ginnie Mae’s decision to end LIBOR as an index for new HMBS pools backed by first participations will affect volume.
New View Advisors compiled these rankings from publicly available Ginnie Mae data as well as private sources.
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