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Riaz Gillani
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What is the future of DSCR??

Riaz Gillani
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DSCR / rental / hybrid / even conventional lenders who have an opinion: Where is DSCR heading?

Context: The DSCR space is largely controlled by 10-12 institutionally backed lenders. There's hundreds of other lenders who are small in size and table fund or maybe even fund into origination and there cash reserves are funded by LPs, Family Offices or High Net Worth Individuals ... but the 10-12 with institutional sponsors have seen tremendous growth since 2016.

If this trend continues, will the DSCR product become more standardized? What if Better or Rocket jump into the space? They have the platform to really wipe some of the small guys out. And not because of their tech (Kiavi really showed us that fintech won't win you every deal) but because of their infrastructure and access to data + cheap capital. Can margins even get thinner than they are right now?

Will GSEs ever step in? Obviously this all assumes no serious uptick in default / delinquencies. 

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Zach Wain
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Zach Wain
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@Riaz - great question, I have been thinking about this a lot. I think it all depends on the appetite of the secondary market. I am not dialed in enough with the secondary space, specifically with DSCR loan bundles. But you have peaked my interests further and I am going to investigate. There is a lot at play in the secondary markets. To me, the institutional investors are the wild card. If they have a ton of cash and want to keep competitive, they can.

Most big players like Rocket and UWM service their loans, but they still sell the loan to FNMA or to their jumbo investor and they usually maintain servicing rights.  That is my understanding at least.  So the big players will still need a secondary market outlet for their loans.  

Just my 2 cents, but I can not imagine FNMA or FHMLC will ever get into the DSCR space. It opens up too much risk and would bring back subprime memories.

I am curious of other peoples thoughts...

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