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Read more: HMBS Shrinkage Takes Summer Vacation; Issuer Beach Getting CrowdedThe HMBS market grew in July, featuring a new issuer and lower prepayments. HMBS prepayments fell below $1 billion as thirteen issuers created 109 pools in July totaling over $848 million. Longbridge Financial made its HMBS issuance debut with two pools totaling $54 million. July issuance divided into 46 original pools and 63 tail pools.…
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Read more: HREMIC Issuance First Half 2017: A Familiar PatternHREMIC issuance for the first half of 2017 was $5.44 billion, eclipsing 2016’s first half issuance total of $5.43 billion, and on pace to set a fourth consecutive annual record. Second quarter volume was $2.53 billion, off 13% from the near record quarterly issuance of $2.91 billion set in 2017Q1. There were 14 transactions underwritten…
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Read more: HMBS Blooms but June Swoon Lowers Boom: Payoffs Zoom as Shrinkage LoomsThe HMBS market shrank again in June, with another huge prepayment wave outweighing a strong month of new issuance. Nearly 2% of outstanding HMBS supply paid off as HMBS prepayments exceeded $1 billion for the second month in a row. Issuers created 101 pools in June totaling over $779 million. June issuance divided into 50…
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Read more: HMBS Issuer Rankings 2017 First Half – AAG Widens Its LeadAAG remains the leading HMBS Issuer for the first half of 2017, issuing $1.132 billion of securities for a 24.4% market share, increasing by 0.42% from the first quarter its margin over #2 Finance America Reverse’s $810.7 million and 17.4% market share. Reverse Mortgage Funding remained in third for the half with $758.7 million issued…
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Read more: May Prepayments Shrink HMBS Again – Prepayments May Again Shrink HMBSThe HMBS market shrank again in May, with a huge prepayment wave outweighing an otherwise strong month of new issuance. Nearly 2% of outstanding HMBS supply paid off as HMBS prepayments exceeded $1 billion for the first time. Issuers created 111 pools in May totaling over $768 million. April issuance divided into 48 original pools…
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Read more: Financial Assessment Looks Better and BetterFinancial Assessment is still working, only more so. FHA’s new policy of requiring financial assessment (“FA”) of the borrower’s ability to pay has cut tax and insurance default by nearly three quarters and serious defaults by almost two-thirds. These results are even better than the encouraging data we shared this past February. FHA’s objective for…
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Read more: HMBS April 2017: Original Supply Blooms in SpringThe HMBS market remained in supply equilibrium again in April, with high prepayment numbers balanced out by a strong month of new issuance. Issuers created 104 pools in April totaling over $794 million. April issuance divided into 49 original pools and 55 tail pools. No seasoned original new loan pools were issued. Production of original…
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Read more: HREMIC Issuance First Quarter 2017: Record Pace ContinuesHREMIC issuance for 2017Q1 was $2.91 billion, surpassing 2016’s first quarter issuance total of $2.84 billion, and on pace to set a third consecutive annual record. First quarter volume was just $89 million shy of the record quarterly issuance of $3.0 billion set in 2015Q4. There were 8 transactions underwritten by three sponsors, Nomura, Bank…
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Read more: HMBS Issuer Rankings 2017Q1 – AAG Back as Number 1AAG returned as the #1 HMBS Issuer for the first quarter of 2017, issuing $538.6 million of securities for a 23.3% market share, well ahead of Finance of America Reverse’s $388.5 million and 16.8% market share. Reverse Mortgage Funding slipped to third for the quarter with $364.4 million issued and 15.8% market share. Ocwen Loan…
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Read more: HMBS March 2017: Honey We Shrunk the Float, Part IIThe HMBS market shrank again in March for the second time in the last 4 months, with record prepayment numbers exceeding new issuance and negative amortization. Issuers created 103 pools in March totaling nearly $727 million. HMBS production remained steady as it has for the last several months, with an occasional bump from highly seasoned…