{"id":20371,"date":"2016-04-20T06:59:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T10:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/altavera-mortgage-services-notes-uptick-in-non-qm-activity-from-originators-aggregators-and-investors-2016-0420-01\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T06:59:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T10:59:41","slug":"altavera-mortgage-services-notes-uptick-in-non-qm-activity-from-originators-aggregators-and-investors-2016-0420-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/altavera-mortgage-services-notes-uptick-in-non-qm-activity-from-originators-aggregators-and-investors-2016-0420-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Altavera Mortgage Services Notes Uptick in Non-QM Activity from Originators, Aggregators and Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER, Colo., April 20, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Altavera Mortgage Services (Altavera), the premier provider of third-party residential mortgage origination services, reports a marked uptick in non-Qualified Mortgage (non-QM) inquiries in the first quarter of 2016. According to President and Founder Brian Simons, staffing requests from Altavera&#8217;s clients suggest the industry is preparing for increased business in Q2 and the second half of 2016.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;While non-QM still represents only a portion of our overall client portfolio, approximately 35 percent of new client inquiries are for non-QM work,&#8221; said Simons. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing a rise in demand from originators for underwriting and processing support and from aggregators for pre-purchase review.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Non-QM loans are mortgages that do not meet the standards of a Qualified Mortgage (QM) as defined by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank). While not inherently high-risk, these mortgages do not fit into the complex rules associated with QM loans.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;One of our clients recently requested four additional underwriters and three additional processors to prepare for their projected volume over the next few months,&#8221; said Simons. &#8220;We also know of several non-QM investors that are hiring extra business development and sales personnel. In our experience, these kinds of staffing trends are a good indicator of what&#8217;s in the pipeline.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> In addition, Simons pointed to a gradual easing of credit by some lenders as well as a greater comfort level by banks to hold non-QM product. In its January 2016 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices, the Federal Reserve reported that lending standards are beginning to ease for all non-QM loan types except subprime loans. Further, as recently reported in Inside Nonconforming Markets, origination of interest-only mortgage loans was up 8.5 percent in 2015 versus 2014, and much of the interest-only product is being held by banks. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We anticipate that as interest rates increase, we&#8217;ll see even more interest in non-QM products,&#8221; said Altavera Chief Operating Officer Debora Aydelotte. &#8220;Already, our clients are originating a variety of non-QM loan types, from jumbo loans to loans with a higher debt-to-income ratio than what&#8217;s allowed under the QM rules. We&#8217;re also seeing increased interest in early foreclosure release and asset inclusion loans.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Borrowers who have forfeited their homes in a foreclosure sale typically must wait a prescribed number of years before applying for another QM loan. Early foreclosure release is a type of non-QM loan that allows borrowers to take out a mortgage before the prescribed waiting period ends. Asset inclusion is a type of non-QM loan where the borrower relies on assets (often income from self-employment) to cover some of the loan&#8217;s income qualifications.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Early indicators from the last three months point to a healthy non-QM market in 2016 that will exceed 2015 volumes by a material margin,&#8221; concluded Simons.<\/p>\n<p> Altavera provides originators, investors and aggregators with mortgage fulfillment services including underwriting, processing, closing and pre-purchase review, also called close loan review or due diligence. The service provider works closely with each client to understand its unique non-QM products, then assigns a dedicated team of tenured Altavera staff members to serve the client&#8217;s needs. <\/p>\n<p> <strong>About Altavera:<\/strong><br \/> Based in Denver, Colorado, Altavera provides independent, third-party mortgage origination services to residential mortgage originators. Altavera&#8217;s staff of seasoned, U.S.-based specialists help clients streamline operations, minimize costs and achieve faster cycle times for greater customer satisfaction and profitability. Altavera maintains its highly trained staff through Altavera Academy, the firm&#8217;s dedicated training unit.<\/p>\n<p> For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/altavera.com\/\">http:\/\/altavera.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> LOGO for media: Send2Press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0420-Altavera-300dpi.jpg<\/p>\n<p>News issued by: Altavera Mortgage Services LLC<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0420-Altavera-500x375.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Altavera Mortgage Services LLC\"\/><\/p>\n<p><small>Original Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0420-Altavera-500x375.jpg\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/16-0420-Altavera-500&#215;375.jpg<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p> # # # <\/p>\n<p><small>Original Story ID: 2016-0420-01 (11046) :: altavera-mortgage-services-notes-uptick-in-non-qm-activity-from-originators-aggregators-and-investors-2016-0420-01<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Original Keywords:  Altavera Mortgage Services LLC DENVER Colorado DENVER, Colo.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Alternate Headline: Altavera Mortgage Services Reports Uptick in Non-QM Activity from Originators and Investors<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><strong>NEWS ARCHIVE NOTE:<\/strong> this archival news content, issued by the news source via Send2Press Newswire, was originally located in the Send2Press&reg; 2004-2015 2.0 news platform and has been permanently converted\/moved (and redirected) into our 3.0 platform. 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According to President and Founder Brian Simons, staffing requests from Altavera&#8217;s clients suggest the industry is preparing for increased business in Q2 and the second half of 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":20372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,1,29,141,38,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking-news","category-business-news","category-colorado-news","category-denver-news","category-finance-news","category-us-news","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":5030,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}