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Home » Agencies Nipped More Jumbo Share in 2016, Heavy VA Refinance Activity Played a Role
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Agencies Nipped More Jumbo Share in 2016, Heavy VA Refinance Activity Played a Role

March 9, 2017
The jumbo mortgage market generally kept pace with the robust growth in first-lien originations last year, but the agency component clearly did better than the non-agency side, according to a newInside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. An estimated $534.57 billion of single-family mortgages with loan balances exceeding $417,000 were produced last year, an increase of 20.0 percent from 2015. That was in line with the 19.0 percent growth in total first-lien production in 2016. But the agency jumbo market – loans in high-cost markets eligible for securitization by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae – was...[Includes three data tables]
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