Mergers caused deliveries of conventional mortgages from Rocket and Bayview to spike, reshuffling the leaderboard for GSE sellers. (Includes two data tables.)
As a merged company, Rocket Mortgage and Mr. Cooper delivered more mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other company during the fourth quarter of 2025.
UWM, Rocket and Pennymac all sold fewer mortgages to the GSEs in November than in October. That contributed to a 1.3% monthly decline in GSE MBS issuance. (Includes two data tables.)
If the merger of Rocket Mortgage and Mr. Cooper had been completed in time to include third-quarter numbers, the resulting company would have had a GSE servicing portfolio approaching $1.0 trillion.
While market share of small- and mid-sized nonbank lenders grew, there was some leakage at the large nonbank lenders. Large mortgage companies’ market share fell sequentially to 53.8% from 56.1%. (Includes two data tables.)