Pennymac Correspondent · Announcement 26-45 · Published

Adjustments to Non-QM Loan-Level Price Adjustments

Pennymac has revised its Non-QM loan-level price adjustments to enhance pricing values across select documentation types and credit tiers. The pricing enhancements apply to newly locked commitments.

Review recommendedEffective Apr 30, 2026All checks passedRead the announcement ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Loan impact

Summarized from the announcement · verified

Applies to: Non-QM loans locked under best efforts commitments on or after the effective date.

Applies when all of these are true
  • ANDPennymac loan
  • ANDProgram is Non-QM
Addressed to
Pennymac correspondent sellersFrom the publisher, not quoted from the text
Investor
PennymacFrom the publisher, not quoted from the text
Effective
Apr 30, 2026
Applicability confidence
Verified: every row taken from the source text is supported by it; rows marked "from the publisher" are not quoted

Summary by AWACS. Pennymac Correspondent's guide is proprietary, so AWACS does not reproduce its text. Read the official announcement ↗ (opens in a new tab)

What changed

Summarized from the announcement
RequirementPreviouslyNow
Non-QM loan-level pricing adjustmentsRelaxedNot statedPricing values improve across multiple risk-based grids for alternate and full documentation Non-QM loans.

What to do

AWACS interpretation · not source language

What to review: Review the enhanced loan-level price adjustment grids to identify pricing updates across eligible full and alternate documentation Non-QM loans.

QC implications

  • Sample Non-QM commitments locked on or after 2026-04-30 to verify that the updated loan-level price adjustments are applied correctly.

Source and record

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Checks

  • Source verified: Passed

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  • Quotes match the source: Passed

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  • Requirements backed by the source: Passed

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  • In scope: Passed

    The document is about residential mortgage lending.

  • Format and labels: Passed

    The record follows the AWACS format and uses its standard labels.