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Short Takes: Mortgage Applications Increase / Purchase Mortgage With Initial Interest Rate of 3.99% / Annaly Brings its 20th Expanded-Credit MBS of the Year / Benson Returns to Fannie

October 29, 2025

Brandon Ivey

Refis accounted for 57.1% of mortgage applications last week.

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Short Takes: Mortgage Applications Increase / Purchase Mortgage With Initial Interest Rate of 3.99% / Annaly Brings its 20th Expanded-Credit MBS of the Year / Benson Returns to Fannie

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SPS Tops Non-Agency MBS Servicing in Third Quarter

As Big Banks Shuffle Cards, Industry MBS Hold Steady

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